Try this : Click the options button on the RDC client, go to display and check and see if the colors are set to 256. Change it to 16 bit or 32 bit. Also, under the experience tab, put it to LAN. I'm not sure, but I think RDC scale the desktop to the available bandwith it think it has. IE if it thinks it's on a 28.8 kbps modem it will only let the minimal go thru. Hope that helps.