Windows 7 comes with a new version of Remote Desktop which we have noticed no longer allows you to create connections with 256 (8bit)screen resolution.
If you need to create a connection using 256 (8bit) colour mode, follow the instructions below:
- Open the Remote Desktop icon
- Create the connection with the required details, computer Name, Username etc
- Click the options button so you can see the Save option
- Click the Save as option and Save this to your desktop
- Open Notepad and then drag and drop the RDP icon onto the newly opened notepad
- You will now see loads of text, search through untill you see “session bpp:i:16” (the end number could say 8, 24 or 32)
- Finally edit this so it says “session bpp:i:8” and save
- now if you double click the saved RDP icon it will connect in 256 (8bit) colour mode!!
