I use RDP to access my work PC on a daily basis and one of the limiting factors when doing web design has been the lack of colour depth - rather than the standard 24-bit (or higher) you get 15-bit due to using Remote Desktop (RDP). Although this is the default RDP server setting, you can increase it to 24-bit with a little Windows Registry hack.
NOTE: If you mess up your machine from hack your registry - please don't blame me, I'm only giving you the tool to do that damage...
Open
Over on the right-hand side you will see an attribute called "ColorDepth" which by default is set to 3 (or rather 0x00000003, it's a DWORD). Double-click that attribute and change the
Now if you increase the requested colour depth when connecting to this machine you should get a few more colours to play with!
Oh BTW Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Technorati Tags: Windows, RemoteDesktop, RDP, ColorDepth, Andrew Beacock
NOTE: If you mess up your machine from hack your registry - please don't blame me, I'm only giving you the tool to do that damage...
Open
regedit and browse to:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-TcpOver on the right-hand side you will see an attribute called "ColorDepth" which by default is set to 3 (or rather 0x00000003, it's a DWORD). Double-click that attribute and change the
Value data field from 3 to 4, then click "OK", close regedit and reboot your PC.
Now if you increase the requested colour depth when connecting to this machine you should get a few more colours to play with!
Oh BTW Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Technorati Tags: Windows, RemoteDesktop, RDP, ColorDepth, Andrew Beacock
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