Remote desktop from Windows: sign in as steamos, and say when xrdp isn't there

A Windows user reported "RDP not working". Frame Control ran `mstsc /v:HOST`,
which offers the Windows account; the Frame's xrdp (TLS, no NLA) only accepts
steamos with the Developer Mode password. The app also said "Opened Remote
Desktop" without checking that anything answered on port 3389.

- open_rdp checks port 3389 first and explains how to turn xrdp on
- On Windows, launch mstsc with a .rdp file naming user steamos (CRLF)
- Every platform's message says to sign in as steamos with the Developer Mode password
- The server no longer logs a page closing mid-reply (WinError 10053 on
  Windows) as a 500 with an error diagnostic

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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name your networks, and switch headsets. See [devices.md](devices.md).
- **One-click tools**: SSH or SFTP in a terminal window, Steam Link, and remote
desktop (Windows App on macOS, Remote Desktop on Windows, Remmina or FreeRDP on
Linux). Sleep, restart and shut down open a terminal window because SteamOS
asks for the sudo password over SSH.
Linux). Remote desktop first checks that the Frame's xrdp answers on port
3389 (Developer Mode turns it on). On Windows it opens a connection file for
user `steamos`, because `mstsc /v:` alone offers your Windows account, which
xrdp turns away. Sign in with the Developer Mode password. Sleep, restart and
shut down open a terminal window because SteamOS asks for the sudo password
over SSH.
## How it works