# Failure to use Paraview with RDP

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/failure-to-use-paraview-with-rdp/14123
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [March 11, 2024, 6:29am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/failure-to-use-paraview-with-rdp/14123 "2024-03-11T06:29:56Z")
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### Author: ![joint](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/dc4da7/32.png) [@joint](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/joint)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2024, 6:29am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/failure-to-use-paraview-with-rdp/14123/1 "2024-03-11T06:29:56Z")

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Hello dear Paraview developers!

I’ve faced the fact that Paraview does not work with RDP

```auto
|vtkRemotingCore-pv7.0.dll!vtkProcessModule::RegisterSession(vtkSession * session) Line 381|C++|
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|vtkRemotingServerManager-pv7.0.dll!vtkSMSession::ConnectToSelf(int timeout) Line 292|C++|
|pqCore-pv7.0.dll!pqObjectBuilder::createServer(const pqServerResource & resource, int connectionTimeout) Line 727|C++|
|pqApplicationComponents-pv7.0.dll!pqAlwaysConnectedBehavior::pqAlwaysConnectedBehavior(QObject * parentObject) Line 61|C++|
|pqApplicationComponents-pv7.0.dll!pqParaViewBehaviors::pqParaViewBehaviors(QMainWindow * mainWindow, QObject * parentObject) Line 222|C++|

```

It fails with throwing an error somewhere from within RegisterSession  
“The specified driver is invalid”

What could I do to address this issue?

Thanks

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2024, 9:24am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/failure-to-use-paraview-with-rdp/14123/2 "2024-03-11T09:24:12Z")

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Usually, RDP provided OpenGL is not enough for ParaView, which RDP software are you using ?

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### Author: ![BanucMKappNiles](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@BanucMKappNiles](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/BanucMKappNiles)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2024, 9:11am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/failure-to-use-paraview-with-rdp/14123/3 "2024-10-10T09:11:18Z")

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> [@mwestphal](#):
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> Usually, RDP provided OpenGL is not enough for ParaView, which RDP software are you using ?

I have the same problem. I am using Windows 10 built-in RDP.

 ![OpenGL version](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8a7a0b64c09edc998d2f5d53027253935f62e10e.png)  
It seems like RDP is using OpenGL 1.1 which is pretty old? Is there a fix or workaround to make in work in RDP mode?

My root problem is that “Windows Sandbox” uses RDP and “Hyper-V” is also using RDP.