how can i transfer files from my local computer to the host computer in windows server 2003 remote desktop??

Very simple... You can't. "Enough, enough bowing down to disillusion! Hats off & applause to rogues & evolution! The ripple effect is too good not to mention. If you’re not affected, you’re not paying attention!"

Very simple... sure you can. You need to set up the local resources. To enable copying files between computers, launch the Remote Desktop Connection on the machine you are connecting from. Click the Options button to expand the list of Options tabs. Click the Local Resources tab. Check the box next to Disk drives. Once you do that, the copy and past option will be available. You can copy from your remote session and paste to your local computer and vice versa.

P.S... you may need to update to the newest Remote Desktop Client on your pc and or server.

What Glen outlines is an easy way to map drives via RDP. If that's what you want, his solution is fine. However, the traffic isn't RDP within the file transfer. The traffic to copy the file is SMB. (Use netstat to see connections on port 445.) If you want the file transfered via RDP traffic, then no, you can't. TECH-NO-LOGICAL ROMANCE! http://www.homestarrunner.com/tgs12.html

No, I'm not mapping any drives at all. I am selecting the C: drive in the remote session and then 'pasting' to my c: drive or D: drive or whatever. No mapping involved at all.

Do what you outlined, and open My Computer on the RDP host. ;-) You will find drives automatically mapped. What I was trying to explain is the traffic isn't technically RDP within the file transfer on a traffic protocol level. It's not RDP. That becomes relevant if there's a firewall blocking 445, etc. I thought he was asking for a way to tunnel the file transfer at the protocol level within RDP (as in within port 3389), which there is no way to do so. TECH-NO-LOGICAL ROMANCE! http://www.homestarrunner.com/tgs12...