An Internal error occured error code 0x4 remote desktop connecting to google cloud Compute Engine VM [closed]

Question

When tyring to login to RDP the "old" remote dekstop connection gave "an internal error occured"

And the new modern UI remote dekstop from windows store with version 10.2.1810.0 gave: error code 0x4 remote desktop

It seems a colleage has been logged in with wierd screen size. How can I resolve this without rebooting the machine?

Answer 1

I found a solution. In the new GUI untick: "Uppdatera fjärrsessionens upplösning vid storleksändring" in Swedish Which translates to: Update the resolution of the remote session when resizing

Update remote sessions resolution when size change

Answer 2

Actually, even moving the port off 3389 doesn't help (for long)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TerminalServer\WinStations\RDP-Tcp\PortNumber

if there is an open port allowing RDP they will find it eventually and you will need to implement one of the above programs noted by Daniel. That was exactly my issue as well. You can usually tell if the problem is intermittent since it's just luck to get by the constant pounding on the open port...