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Display quality of GDI+ applications via Remote Desktop

Summary

When using a Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services) connection, clients may see visual degradation in certain applications that use GDI+.

This occurs because in the case of GDI+ applications, dithering is used in lieue of alpha blending for transparency effects. This should only occur over Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connections.

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More Information

This applies to all versions of the Windows Operating System when a GDI+ application is viewed via Remote Desktop. Due to potential performance issues when rendering transparency over RDP, this is by design.

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Article Info
Article ID : 2015327
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/8/2017
Published on : 1/25/2010
Exists online : False
Views : 103