2003 & Remote Desktop

[storkyIV]

Hi folks,
I'm new to this forum so I'm not sure if this has ever been brought up, so appologise if this is repetative!

I have windows server 2003 sat in a corner of my house, connected up to a set of speakers. Server has all my music & video files on it.
There is no monitor or keyboard etc, & everything is accessed by shared folders or remote desktop.
I can watch films etc on laptops around the house no problem, but what I would like to do, is access server by "rd" and play an audio file from server itself, not through a client.
But I get an error message about my sound card.
Am I right in thinking that this cannot be done???
If I plug in a keyboard etc sound works fine.

Any help gratefully received!

[Ferrit]

Sounds like the sound card isnt installed correctly, but using rd it should be easy to do if the hardware is working correctly

[storkyIV]

Hi guys.
I have managed to sort the issue!
Remote desktop disables the sound card, and there is little you can do, other than going through the comand line.

The command "mstsc.exe /console" will log onto the server through remote desktop, and if you run an audio file that's stored on server, it will play absolutely fine!

Storky

[PuterGeekGirl]

You s/b able to specify in your RD client to "bring the sound to this computer", its on the local resources tab.

[storkyIV]

You s/b able to specify in your RD client to "bring the sound to this computer", its on the local resources tab.

Hiya geekgirl!
i did try that, but it didn't work! r/d automatically disables soundcard, but if u use mstsc /console from the un / command line it will work!

[PuterGeekGirl]

Interesting, I use RD w/ sound all the time from an xp box. Oh well, at least you have a work around!