Cannot Copy and Paste Text Between Local Workstation and Remote Windows Server 2008
open the Group Policy Object Editor
- From the navigation pane, choose Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components
- Expand the folder and drill down to Terminal Services folder. Expand it and click on the Client/Server data redirection folder.
- From the right side detail pane, if you click on the "Do not allow clipboard redirection" item, you will see the following description beside it:
Now if you double click on the item, a dialog box will appear. Choose the option "Not Configured" in the dialog box and click OK.
- You will now need to log off and log back in to the server to allow clipboard data sharing.
- The procedure is almost the same for Windows Server 2008, except the following:
- In the navigation pane of the Group Policy Object editor, under Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Terminal Services, expand the Terminal Server folder.
- Click on the Device and Resource Redirection folder:
- From the right side detail pane, double-click on the "Do not allow clipboard redirection" item.
- For Windows Server 2008 R2:
- From the navigation pane, go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Remote Desktop Services
- Expand the Remote Desktop Session Host folder
- Click on Device and Resource Redirection folder
- Double click on the "Do not allow clipboard redirection" item in the detail pane on right side.
