Comments on: ATI Catalyst 8.3 Problems with Remote Desktop

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:37:15 +0000

Have you tried this?
http://www.ehow.com/how_4526159_fix-after-version-6_1-update.html
Fixes a lot of problems with display drivers and RDP.

By: Krunk

Krunk — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:57:42 +0000

Was there a question in your comment, cybersans?

By: cybersans

cybersans — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:12:20 +0000

i use ati radeon driver with windows server 2003 (several tweak to make it look like a workstation), and guess what?

1. cannot connect to win2k3 console remote desktop using either /admin /console switch. it will appear black screen, and after several times, disconnected.

2. but i can connect through remote desktop if not connecting to the console (not using admin or console switch), using the same administrator account or another account.

conclusion (i think): i cannot connect to the console (the same procedure with windows xp since you are connect directly to the console for the 1st connection). maybe because console is already load the graphic driver, and another new remote session just using rd driver instead of console driver

By: Krunk

Krunk — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:57:59 +0000

Hmmmm, I don’t know what to suggest then. You might want to give 8.3 a try, or maybe 8.12 (which appears to be the latest)

By: SteveF

SteveF — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:16:05 +0000

I’m still experiencing this problem intermittently, usually after undocking/redocking my laptop. (It’s the laptop that I’m trying to connect to from another machine). I’m running Catalyst 8.10 on it.

By: Krunk

Krunk — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:09:27 +0000

FYI, I’ve installed the latest ATI drivers (Catalyst 8.10) and it appears to have fixed the remote desktop issue.

By: JParsons

JParsons — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:04:06 +0000

Seriously?

Steven, I don’t want to come across as mean, but why would you suggest using a third party software to get around an issue with a driver the vendor should fix? I hope you were just suggesting there are other alternatives to remote control with that post and that you are not an ATI/AMD employee avoiding the real issue. There are too many companies lately who try to ignore the fact they do not ave a good QC process for driver updates. Lets hope AMD/ATI improves their QC process so that issues like this do not continue.

By: Steven Maynard

Steven Maynard — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:00:22 +0000

To avoid these problems, try one of the remote desktop services available on the web. For instance, LogMeIn, Teamviewer, etc. I’ve recently signed up for Techinline Remote Desktop (www.techinline.com) which is a very easy to use service and it’s a fraction of the price of the other products I mentioned above. Since it runs through the browser, it’s very easy to use and nobody has to install asolutely anything. All your client has to do is give you a 6-digit number and you’re good to go. I don’t personally think that it could get much easier than that

By: Vinnyjames

Vinnyjames — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:08:50 +0000

Had the same thing…ATI has had a few annoying bugs in their drivers lately. For a few months I was trying to figure out why there was a little square in the top left corner of my desktop. Thinking it was spyware I searched around and found out it was a bug in their driver…and now we can’t RDP…thanks ATI.