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title: "Updating to Windows 2003 SP2 and Remote Desktop"
slug: "updating-to-windows-2003-sp2-and-remote-desktop"
updated: 2023-11-13T23:28:46Z
published: 2023-11-13T23:28:46Z
canonical: "docs.retrospect.com/updating-to-windows-2003-sp2-and-remote-desktop"
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# Updating to Windows 2003 SP2 and Remote Desktop

Resources

Retrospect engineering as reviewed this problem and have found Microsoft documentation pointing to a specific OS bug causing the problem. Microsoft says the problem applies to the following systems:

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard x64 Edition

Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition

Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition

Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface

Users have been able to use RDC with the "mstsc /console" command from the command prompt as a workaround for this issue.

## License Code issues

Some users have also been forced to re-enter Retrospect license codes when launching Retrospect.

The service pack upgrade has incorrectly changed the permissions on the Retrospect configuration folder to "Everyone: Full Control". A service pack upgrade

Change permissions on C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Retrospect to:

Remove Everyone

Add Administrators: Full Control

Add SYSTEM: Full Control

Add RBU: Full Control (this may only be necessary in a domain configuration)

Last Update: February 14, 2012