> Some of our apps are appearing blurry when we access a virtual machine via RDP. For instance, I
> created a Vista virtual machine with the Vista background -- you know, the real pretty blues and
> yellows. But when I connect to this machine via RDP, it looks blurry, washed out, and almost like
> VGA.
>
> I've tried hard coding my RDP connection with mstsc.exe /v:machinename /h:1280 /w:1024 (and
> various other settings) but no luck.
>
> I've also tried changing my default display settings for the Virtual Server (2005). As well as
> remote controlling the VMs and trying to change the settings there. Nothing seems to help.
>
> Who is in charge of the screen display resolution in a case like this? The physical host machine?
> Or the default display settings in Virtual Server 2005? Or the display settings of the virtual
> machines?
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>Some of our apps are appearing blurry when we access a virtual machine via
>RDP. For instance, I created a Vista virtual machine with the Vista
>background -- you know, the real pretty blues and yellows. But when I
>connect to this machine via RDP, it looks blurry, washed out, and almost
>like VGA.
>
>I've tried hard coding my RDP connection with mstsc.exe /v:machinename
>/h:1280 /w:1024 (and various other settings) but no luck.
>
>I've also tried changing my default display settings for the Virtual Server
>(2005). As well as remote controlling the VMs and trying to change the
>settings there. Nothing seems to help.
>
>Who is in charge of the screen display resolution in a case like this? The
>physical host machine? Or the default display settings in Virtual Server
>2005? Or the display settings of the virtual machines?
>
>
>
>

>This probably relates to "colour depth", not resolution.
>
>From what I can see, VMRC will use a maximum colour depth of 24 bit, even if the client display is
>set to 32 bit - there does not appear to be a way to change this.
>
>With Remote Desktop Connection (mstsc), you can control the colour depth that the remote session
>transmits to the client in the Remote Desktop Connection, Options, Display - it defaults to 16 bit,
>but can be increased up to the colour depth of the client display. I don't see any way to set the
>colour depth using the mstsc command, but you can save the setting from the RDC GUI in an .rdp file
>and reference that saved rdp file in the mstsc command (the optional first parameter - "connection
>file"). You might also need to change the "connection speed" setting in the RDC GUI's Experience
>tab.
>
>When connecting remotely (e.g. via Remote Desktop Connection or the VS VMRC), the target computer's
>monitor is displayed in a "window" on the client. The screen resolution of all "windows" is the
>same (unless the application is "full screen") - set by the Display settings on the client (the one
>running RDC or VMRC).
>
>For both RDC and VMRC, the "resolution" controls the size of the remote session window on the client
>display, not the actual display resolution inside that window. VMRC connects to the Virtual
>Machine's "Console" session and the window size is controlled by the "Screen resolution" setting in
>Control Panel, Display, Settings on the guest. RDP connects to a "Terminal Services" session and
>the display size is taken from the RDP configuration, which can be set in the RDP GUI's Display tab
>or using the /w: and /h: comman line parameters.