12 Megapixel Photoframe

Because the Windows Based Terminals will operate without a keyboard and mouse attached, it should be possible for them to automatically login to a server through remote desktop and start an application.

The configuration of the terminal was very straightforward and without problems I was able to have it automatically connect to my Windows 2003 Server. First I used the Administrator credentials, but that gave problems when multiple terminals were active at the same time. So I created a user for each terminal so that the Terminal Services of Windows 2003 accept them all.

Because I would like to have 4 photo frames active at the same time, I needed to install Terminal Services on the Windows 2003 server. This caused a problem, because the license is only valid for 120 days. So in the coming months I will need to find a cheap pack of licenses...

Because I didn't want the terminals to wait for a minute so that the (previously mentioned) screens saver becomes active I've tried to configure it in the terminal. I was able to enter the filename of an executable, and tried "ssmypics.scr". As a command line parameter, I've found out that "start" will start the slideshow.

It is also possible to select a configuration that should start automatically after booting the terminal. After some other smalll configurations, I rebooted the terminals and it automatically started showing my pictures!

Next step was to test multiple frames at the same time as a prototype...