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This software package will install the Remote Desktop ActiveX control and sample pages for hosting Terminal Services client connections over the Web on Internet Information Server 4.0 and later.

• The Remote Desktop Web Connection ActiveX control allows you to access your computer through Remote Desktop, via the Internet, from another computer using Internet Explorer. You must be using Internet Information Services (IIS) to host a Web site to use this feature.
  
  Remote Desktop Web Connection provides most of the same functionality as the Remote Desktop Connection software.
  
  
  Note: Users of Windows Server 2003 do not need to download this package. They can manually add this package from Add/Remove in the Control Panel. This package is offered as a convenience to Microsoft customers.

Files

Status: Deleted This download is no longer available on microsoft.com. The downloads below are archives provided by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine from the Microsoft Download Center prior to August 2020.

File	SHA1 Hash	Size
tswebsetup.exe	80991f5a83849d902915139d038549c9c999a593	449 KB

• • Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows XP
  • 486/66 MHz processor (Pentium processor recommended)
  
  Windows Me:
  32 MB of RAM minimum
  Full install size: 1.1 MB
  
  Windows 2000:
  32 MB of RAM minimum
  Full install size: 1.1 MB
  
  Windows 98 Second Edition:
  16 MB of RAM minimum
  Full install size: 1.1 MB
  
  Windows 98:
  16 MB of RAM minimum
  Full install size: 1.1 MB
  
  Windows NT 4.0:
  32 MB of RAM minimum
  Full install size: 1.1 MB
  
  Windows XP:
  32 MB of RAM minimum
  Full install size: 1.1 MB

• You can download the software on this page and run setup to install the ActiveX control and sample Web page on any computer running Internet Information Server 4.0 or higher.
  
  Important: Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003 users must specify an installation directory.
  
  
  1. Click the Download button to start the download, or choose a different language from the drop-down list and click Go.
  2. When setup asks Where would you like to place the sample web pages directory? enter C:\Windows\Web\TSWeb, and then click OK.
  3. If the TsWeb folder does not exist, setup will ask if you want to create it. Click Yes.
  
  To download and install the Remote Desktop Web Connection on Windows NT 4.0, or Windows 2000:
  
  1. Click the Download link to start the download, or choose a different language from the drop-down list and click Go.
  2. Read the License Agreement. If you agree to the terms, click I agree.
  3. When the File Download dialog box appears, select Save this program to disk.
  4. Choose a location on your computer to save the file, and then click Save.
  5. Go to the location where you saved the file and double-click the file to launch the Setup program.
  6. When setup asks Where would you like to place the sample web pages directory? enter C:\Windows\Web\TSWeb, and then click OK.
  7. If the TsWeb folder does not exist, setup will ask if you want to create it. Click Yes.
  
  The Remote Desktop Web Connection software update on this page may be installed on Windows 2000 systems, and Windows NT Server 4.0 systems that are running IIS version 4.0 or later.
  
  To download and install the Remote Desktop Web Connection on earlier versions:
  
  1. Click the Download button to start the download, or choose a different language from the drop-down list and click Go.
  2. Read the License Agreement. If you agree to the terms, click I agree.
  3. When the File Download dialog box appears, select Save this program to disk.
  4. Choose a location on your computer to save the file, and then click Save.
  5. Go to the location where you saved the file and double-click the file to launch the Setup program.
  6. Setup installs the files in the directory you specify. The default installation directory is C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Tsweb.
  
  How to uninstall
  
  To uninstall the Remote Desktop Web Connection:
  
  1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
  2. Click Add/Remove Programs.
  3. Select Terminal Services Web Client, and then click Change/Remove to uninstall.
  
  Users of Windows Server 2003 do not need to download this package. They can manually add this package from Add/Remove in the Control Panel. This package is offered as a convenience to Microsoft customers.