I recently saw the Microsoft blog entry describing the new features of RDP 8.0 and how to enable this new functionality.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2592687
I successfully upgraded a Win7 Ultimate (x64) and Win7 Enterprise (x64) machine following these instructions. I also have a Win7 Home Premium (x64) machine which obviously does not have the "Local Group Policy Editor" and the instructions only reference policies and not registry entries.
I eventually took snapshots of my registry on my Win7 Ultimate machine before and after changing the policies to determine the registries keys changed. Here are the keys I noted and tried incorporating into my Win7 Home Premium machine which did not work.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\TerminalServices]
"fServerEnableRDP8"=dword:00000001
"SelectTransport"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows
NT\Terminal Services]
"fServerEnableRDP8"=dword:00000001
"SelectTransport"=dword:00000000
Any thoughts, ideas, or instructions for next steps would be appreciated. (UDP support and a resizable connection bar alone make this a worthwhile update for me!)
Sincerely,
Mike
Best Answer
I got to thinking about the order of the prerequisite hot-fix and the subsequent update in terms on my Win7 Home Premium machine. I went back, uninstalled both patches, reinstalled both patches in the correct order and everything is working as intended now. I may have also had remote desktop running when I applied the patches, possibly preventing an update even though it does a reboot for system files.
More info from a different thread I started over at technet:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverTS/thread/2b8021df-7944-401d-ba21-606308bb9219