Hi there
I'm sure you've enabled remote desktop on the remote machines you want to connect to - note do the same in the Windows 8 machine if you want top connect to IT from other machines (setting in control panel==>system==remote settings)
Now what you can try is to start it in the COMMAND LINE (via a dos prompt)
mstsc.
that way you can pass it all the parameters
however a simple command with no parameters will throw up the dialog box where you can enter the IP address of the computer you want to connect to.
Windows 8 RP starts RDP by default in full screen metro mode so in any case you'll need the cmd line version to get the "Proper" RDP to run -- with all the options like resolution, local disks, sounds etc.
Windows 8 enterprise fortunately seems to run the standard version so I'm not sure which version of W8 you are using -- the cmd line version works in all versions of W8.
cheers
jimbo
parameters (optional) [TABLE="class: table"]
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[TH]Syntax[/TH]
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[TD]mstsc [<connection file>] [/v:<server[

ort]>] [/admin] [/f[ullscreen]] [/w:<width>] [/h:<height>] [/public] | [/span] [/edit "connection file"] [/migrate] [/?]
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[h=3]Command line parameters for Remote Desktop Connection[/h][TABLE="class: table lastElement"]
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[TH]Parameter[/TH]
[TH]Description[/TH]
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[TD]/v:<server[

ort]>
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[TD]Specifies the remote computer that you want to connect to.
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[TD]/admin
[/TD]
[TD]Is used for administration of a Remote Desktop Session Host server. In this version of Remote Desktop Connection, if the Remote Desktop Session Host role service is installed on the remote computer, running mstsc /admin will do the following (for the current connection only):
- Disable Remote Desktop Services client access licensing
- Disable time zone redirection
- Disable RD Connection Broker redirection
- Disable Remote Desktop Easy Print
/admin also does the following on connections to Windows Server 2008 R2 with the RD Session Host role service installed:
- Disables Plug and Play device redirection for this connection only.
- Changes the remote session theme to Windows Classic View (if it's available) for this connection only.
To connect to a remote computer with the RD Session Host role service installed, follow these steps:
- Open the Command Prompt window by clicking the Start button
. In the search box, type Command Prompt, and then, in the list of results, click Command Prompt.
- Type mstsc /v:server /admin.
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[TD]/f
[/TD]
[TD]Starts Remote Desktop Connection in full-screen mode.
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[TD]/w:<width>
[/TD]
[TD]Specifies the width of the Remote Desktop Connection window.
[/TD]
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[TD]/h:<height>
[/TD]
[TD]Specifies the height of the Remote Desktop window.
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[TD]/public
[/TD]
[TD]Runs Remote Desktop Connection in public mode.
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[TD]/span
[/TD]
[TD]Matches the remote desktop width and height with the local virtual desktop, spanning across multiple monitors if necessary. To span across monitors, the monitors must be arranged to form a rectangle.
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[TD]/multimon
[/TD]
[TD]Configures the Remote Desktop session monitor layout to be identical to the current client-side configuration.
[/TD]
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[TD]/edit "connection file"
[/TD]
[TD]Opens the specified .rdp connection file for editing.
[/TD]
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[TD]/migrate
[/TD]
[TD]Migrates older connection files that were created with Client Connection Manager to new .rdp connection files.
[/TD]
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[TD]/?
[/TD]
[TD]Lists these parameters.
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This might work.
cheers
jimbo