This was a difficult one because no matter what I tried, I could not get Remote Desktop to work over SSH (PuTTY) from a Windows 7 system. I just kept getting an error message that a Remote Desktop was already open.
After a lot of Red Herring websites http://blog.spencerkellis.net/2010/06/tunneling-remote-desktop-over-ssh-in-windows-7/ gave the answer.
Windows 7 blocks 3389 and 3390 from being used on the loopback interface. Answer was to use 3391 as the localhost port.
Take a look at that guys excellent instructions for setting up PuTTY SSH on your local system to then tunnel MS Remote Desktop connection via an encrytped SSH connection.
Categories: How-To, Microsoft, OS
Tags: Microsoft, Server, copssh, putty, remote desktop, SH, tunnel, Windows 7
