Article ID: 272755 - Last Review: June 25, 2004 - Revision: 3.0 INFO: Visual C++ Is Not Supported on Terminal Server 4.0This article was previously published under Q272755 SUMMARY
Microsoft Visual C++ has not been tested with Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server, and therefore it is not officially supported when it is run in a Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server client session.
The system requirements for Visual C++ 6.0 are "Microsoft Windows 95 or later, or Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 (Service Pack 3 recommended) or later." The system requirements for Visual C++ 5.0 are "Microsoft Windows 95 or later, or Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 (Service Pack 2 recommended) or later, or Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51 with Service Pack 5." MORE INFORMATION
Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server is a product that enables the Microsoft Windows NT Server to act as a terminal server for multiple, simultaneous client sessions. Although Visual C++ may successfully install and run in a terminal client, the behavior of Visual C++ in this environment is not guaranteed. Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server is not an officially supported platform for the Visual C++ product. Different problems have been reported in this environment. For example, in Visual C++, when you attempt to start Help (by pressing F1 or by selecting a Help menu item), you may receive the following error message:
Attempting to use an invalid help file
REFERENCESFor additional information, click the article numbers below
to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
200983
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/200983/EN-US/
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HOWTO: How to Install Visual C++ on Terminal Server
195878
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/195878/EN-US/
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PRB: MSDN Help Cannot Find Msdn*.col File on Terminal Server
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