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:

1. Open the Remote Desktop icon
2. Create the connection with the required details, computer Name, Username etc
3. Click the options button so you can see the Save option
4. Click the Save as option and Save this to your desktop
5. Open Notepad and then drag and drop the RDP icon onto the newly opened notepad
6. 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)
7. Finally edit this so it says “session bpp:i:8” and save
8. now if you double click the saved RDP icon it will connect in 256 (8bit) colour mode!!