Windows – the benefit of RDP 8.0 on Windows 7

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I have just updated to RDP 8.0 on my three computers with Windows 7 (Office & Home).
Someone said it will not take any advantage of RemoteFX without Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V.

Is there any performance boost with RDP 8.0 on Win 7?

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Here is a link that details everything you need to know, but in a nutshell if you aren't connecting to Server 2008 R2 or Server 2012 you aren't gaining much.

Enabling a great WAN user experience for Windows 7 SP1 virtual desktops

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I experienced the same issue and resolved it by adding the registry setting referred to here.

Open RegEdit on the Windows Server machine.
Navigate to this registry key in the tree on the left:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters
Right-click on the right side, and add a new DWORD (32-bit) Value
Set the value name to DisableTaskOffload and the value data to 1
Reconnect to the Server via RDP (to a new session) and your performance should be normal.

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