Microsoft KB Archive/831521

= Characters Repeat Several Times in a Remote Desktop Session =

Article ID: 831521

Article Last Modified on 12/4/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Virtual PC 2004

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SYMPTOMS
After you start Remote Desktop (a session that connects to the console of a remote computer running Windows Server 2003) from a virtual machine in Microsoft Virtual PC 2004, when you type characters, they appear several times in the Remote Desktop session window.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because your computer is experiencing a heavy CPU load or has a slow network connection. When you press a key in these cases, the Remote Desktop session interprets it as though you are pressing and holding down the key so that the character repeats one or more times.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, reduce the character repeat rate in the guest operating system. To do so, follow these steps:
 * 1) Click the virtual machine in the Virtual PC Console dialog box, and then click Start.
 * 2) Log on to your virtual machine.
 * 3) Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
 * 4) Double-click Keyboard.
 * 5) Move the Repeat delay slider to the left to increase the delay before the character repeats.
 * 6) Move the Repeat rate slider to the left to reduce the speed that the character repeats.
 * 7) Click OK, and then close the Control Panel window.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section of this article.

Additional query words: VPC VPC2004 VPC2k4 VPC2k+4 TS RDP

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB831521

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