Hello,
I'm trying to understand some confusing behavior I've been seeing after upgrading my Windows 7 SP1 machine to use RDP 8.0 as per the instructions.
Some digging has led me to believe these updates (along with the Local Group Policy changes) will configure both the RDP Client and Host to enable the new protocol (8.0).
However, when I try to connect to this machine from a Windows 8 device (supporting RDP 8.0 by default), I do not get the "Connection Quality Indicator" that's supposed to tell you you're getting RDP 8.0.
In other words, that little signal strength bar isn't there for me. The instructions say if I don't see this, it's not RDP 8.0.
Here's what I don't understand--if I use this Win 7 machine to connect to a Win 8 machine, the connection quality indicator DOES appear, and the dialog box is there as well. But connecting TO this machine does not. It's led me to believe that the RDP 8.0 is working for this Win 7 machine as a RDP client but not as a host.
I've followed the instructions precisely: I installed the hotfix KB2574819 and then the RDP update KB2592687 and changed both group policy settings. I've restarted my machine several times. I even threw in the upgrade to RDP 8.1 in an attempt to make it work. I know that the updates got applied because selecting
Remote Desktop Connection > About
shows me 'Remote Desktop Protocol 8.1 supported.'
My group policy has the 'Enable Remote Dektop Protocol 8.0' setting enabled, as well as 'Select RDP Transport Protocols' (set to both TCP and UDP).
Thoughts?