How do I get terminal services to keep a port connection?

March 10, 2008 12:49 PM

How do I make a USB port map permanent with terminal services?

Here's the situation:

I set up a USB CC reader on a local workstation. This workstation connects to a Point of Sale software package via TS which uses the card reader. I am able to configure the card reader just fine and it will work perfectly. As soon as the user logs out for the day and tries to use it the next morning, the USB card reader isn't recognized in the TS session. The cashier has to run the card reader utility again. I'm guessing its because TS only uses the port mapping on a per session basis. What is the best way to make this connection permanent? Or better, what would be the best way to set it up so that the user can log out and log back in without having to run the card reader config utility each time?

Thanks.

posted by KevinSkomsvold to computers & internet (1 comment total)

possibly, try going to disk management and setting the drive letter to something specific (say P for POS).
posted by lrodman at 11:07 PM on March 24