But the locationof the remote machine could make it unaccessible. You had to use some workarounds like pluggingyour USB hardware directly into the remote side.
Youcould not use your USB devices remotely as there was no possibilityto redirect them. Those who work in a remote desktop environment on a daily basisknow how problematic it is to get an access to USB devices pluggedinto a local machine when you need them in your remote session.