

Scenario, we highly recommend a scheduled task be created to execute the Inactive TS Port FixIt on a bi-weekly basis, since the hotfix only supports Windows Server 2008 R2 at this time. The FixIt tool will remove the entries already accumulated under the TS ports registry key below:īecause the Hotfix and the FixIt perform two different functions, you must install the Hotfix and run the FixIt one time on your 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Server.įor down-level operating systems such as Server 2003, Server 2008 Terminal Servers and Windows 7 in a The FixIT tool itself can also be downloaded directly from This hotfix will prevent inactive TS ports from accumulating in the future, but you also have to clean up any currently inactive TS ports using the Fixit tool included in Long logon time when you establish an RD session to a Windows Server 2008 R2-based RD Session Ho. The Hotfix can be downloaded here - KB 2655998 To eliminate any issues these TS ports may cause, we have a new Windows Server 2008 R2 hotfix.

Increasingly large numbers of redirected devices will exacerbate performance delays. Performance degradation is known to occur when 250 or more TS ports exist in the registry. Every RDP session can possibly create a new port, and every ended session means a new inactive port. These inactive TS ports accumulate because the Remote Desktop Services Device Redirector service creates a new port every time an RDP session is established, but the ports are not always recycled. Delayed logon times to RDP sessions, failure of printers to redirect, and slow server performance due to registry bloat from all the ports. Good morning AskPerf! There are several issues that have been associated with a high number of inactive Terminal Server ports. First published on TECHNET on Mar 06, 2012
