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The way this works depends on the server having the drivers for the printer on the machine you are rdp-ing too.

When connecting via rd make sure the Printers tick box is ticked in the local resources tab of your remote desktop settings (for that particular account)

Connect via rd and your printer should appear in Printers and Faxes.

I have had a case of this now where the printer does not connect (I believe after installing a new printer on the remote network).  I remote desktop-ed into the server and added a new (dummy) printer of the type I needed to print from on my local machine.  After doing this the drivers appeared to be reloaded and I then had two printers - the one I had manually added and now the session based printer I actually wanted to print too.  I deleted the manually added printer and it’s been fine since.

On the new Microsoft Windows Vista or on Windows XP, it automatically ads a shadow to the text under the icons on the desktop.  On some backgrounds, this can help to make the text more readible.  However, on others it can have just the opposite effect.

To enable or disable this feature go to the System Properites window (a shortcut to that window is to hold down the Windows key - the one with the flag) and hit the Pause/break key).  In XP click the Advanced tab and on Vista click on the left side of the window over the “Advanced system settings” option.

Click the “settings” option and under visual effects.  Then set or clear the check mark on “use drop shadowns for icon lables on the desktop” and click OK.

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