I have some XP machines that my users RDP into. If I RDP into the machine from something other than a Windows 7 box, and then RDP into the machine with a Windows 7 box, the XP machines crash (not BSOD though). I get an event ID 1003 with these details:
Error code 1000008e, parameter1 c0000005, parameter2 bf85b6b7, parameter3 b6149a88, parameter4 00000000.
I have this happening on quite a few machines, and I can reliably reproduce it. I've found no way to fix it. If I only connect from Windows 7 machines, it never fails. Any suggestions? (I've checked color settings and basic RDP client settings, and they all seem to match between the Windows 7 Clients and the XP clients).
Best Answer
I've tracked it down. It IS related to a color setting. On the Windows 7 boxes, we were connecting in 15 bit color mode, and on the XP machines we were connecting with 16 bit color mode. The failure happens as follows:
Remote XP machine BSODs, and reboots. I didn't realize it was actually BSODing before (the remote XP machines are a physically remote location that is not staffed, so I didn't know this was occuring). This happens no matter what video card is the remote machine (did my testing on a remote VM).