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RDC and VNC...

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InGearX
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RDC and VNC...

Post by InGearX »

After connecting with RDC (Remote Desctop Connection) a VNC or alike programs (PCAnywhere) failed to show the desktop screen.

Did any of the software find a work around this issue?

Looking forward to a solution,
Thank you...
rmoller
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Post by rmoller »

NEVER use MSTSC /CONSOLE /V:server , that is, never connect RDP to console. You thereby disconnect session 0 from console. Not only you disrupt programs like VNC og PCAnywhere; you also disrupt some backup programs running as service (like our backup program). Note that it is perfectly safe to use Terminal Services / RDP as long as you DON'T connect to console, that is DON'T use /CONSOLE parameter.

All Windows services run in session 0. Check with

QWINSTA /server:servername

how your sessions are - if session 0 shows up on the same line as console, you are OK. If you have been connected to console with RDP, console will be connected to, say, session 3, and session 0 will be disconnected.

There are two ways to resolve this situation:

1: reboot server
2: reset all sessions (which will log them off) with the command

for %a in (4 3 2 1 0) do reset session %a /server:servername <nul

Of course you may have more/less sessions than the above 5. The only advantage of solution 2 is that it avoids downtime.

Good night and good luck

Rasmus Moller
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