Windows 8.1 Remote Desktop



  1. Windows 8.1 Remote Desktop Client
  2. Windows 8.1 Remote Desktop Service
Desktop

What is Windows Virtual Desktop? Leveraging the power of Microsoft Azure, Windows Virtual Desktop is an instanced virtual machine hosting a desktop and app virtualization service running on the. Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is a proprietary protocol developed by Microsoft. It provides the user with the ability to connect to another computer over a network. To delete the data of the client in Windows 7/8/8.1/10, follow the steps below. There is just one method to delete the data.

Windows 8.1 Remote Desktop Client

In a remote session the normal shutdown button only allows you to disconnect or log off. After a bit of research I found 2 easy ways of restarting a remote desktop session.

Windows
  1. Go to the Desktop
  2. Close all open desktop apps
  3. Type ALT+F4 (this is the shortcut for closing apps and programs too)
  4. Up pop a new ‘Shut Down Windows” Windows 8 dialogue
  5. Then select the command of you desire.

If you are commend line oriented then,

Windows 8.1 Remote Desktop Service

  1. Type + R to open the ‘Run’ dialog
  2. Type either ‘shutdown /r’ for a restart or ‘shutdown /s’ for a simple shutdown and click OK.
  3. If you want to see a UI or do this remotely, you can always try ‘shutdown /i’ on your local machine and do a remote shutdown.