I am trying to use remote desktop to connect to my work computer (running Windows 7 Pro), however since is it behind a firewall, I've had to try to route the connection through an ssh tunnel on my machine at home. The connection seems to be set up correctly, as I can see the remote desktop session logging in when I connect to my work machine through the tunnel. After I see the word "Welcome", it tries showing the desktop, but all I get is a black screen and nothing else. I tried hitting ctrl-alt-end to see if I could get a task manager, but to no avail. After a minute or two, the connection drops. I have been able to connect to my work machine directly when I'm on the internal network, just not when going through the ssh tunnel. Also, when I try logging in to my work machine while i'm sitting at it after trying the RDP connection, it says that the Remote Desktop service is currently busy, but other users should be able to log in. After a few minutes I am able to log in again. Any Ideas? -Ryan

Hi, It could be caused by a slow connection, please go to the Remote Desktop Experience to uncheck the Performance options to see how it works.Alex Zhao TechNet Community Support

Hi, It could be caused by a slow connection, please go to the Remote Desktop Experience to uncheck the Performance options to see how it works.Alex Zhao TechNet Community Support

me2. having precisely the same issue. does RDP do some security/sanity checks that break connectivity when the traffic is tunneled/proxied?