We use Windows Terminal Server as a thin client to operate our three main software applications: Microsoft Office, QuickBooks and GoldMine, a customer relationship management program.

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Yet despite their failures, the concept of network computing resonated and validated the Windows terminal, which has the advantages of a network computer and runs Windows applications.

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NCs when it announced the Windows Terminal standard: this makes it easier to make cheap (and easy-to-maintain) desktop machines that simply display Windows software which is actually running on a central computer (much as mainframe terminals do).

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McGuire says a key addition is the built-in client for accessing applications on Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, or Win 2000 Server.

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Keen to find my own way up into the mountains, I ventured into the city center, walking through the bustling sidewalks, underneath the dirty walls of the fading 19th century buildings, past the garish billboards, and brightly lighted storefront windows, and made my way to the public bus terminal.

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One possible approach to these issues is to combine Chromebooks with third party solutions such as Ericom AccessNow, an HTML5 RDP solution that enables Chromebook users to connect to any RDP host, including Terminal Server and VDI virtual desktops, and run Windows applications or desktops in a browser tab.

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