When you lot Remote Desktop to a Windows XP Professional computer, you lot ever connect to the console (main/default) session every bit XP Pro is express to i interactive session. However, When you lot remote desktop to Windows 2003 Server or higher, the default is to outset a novel session. As many seasoned Remote Desktop users are aware, you lot tin laissez passer on the sack function into a lot of problems installing software inward a Terminal Services session that isn't the console session.
To connect to console session, utilisation a switch when running Remote Desktop Connection Terminal Services customer (mstsc) inward guild to strength Remote Desktop to connect to console session of remote server.
In Windows Server 2003, you lot tin laissez passer on the sack outset the RDC customer (Mstsc.exe) past times using the /console switch to remotely connect to the physical console session on the server (also known every bit session 0).
Once you lot convey determined the /admin has last used, Use the next command: 
By logging inward to console session of remote computer, all applications that are running inward local (console) agency volition last accessible, instead of a novel session where applications convey to last re-opened.
Please Federal Reserve annotation that inward Windows Server 2003, you lot tin laissez passer on the sack outset the RDC customer (Mstsc.exe) past times using the /console or /admin switch to remotely connect to the physical console session on the server (also known every bit session ID=0). However, inward Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2, the /console switch has been deprecated. In Windows Server 2008 too Windows Server 2008 R2, session 0 is a non-interactive session that is reserved for services.
To connect to console session, utilisation a switch when running Remote Desktop Connection Terminal Services customer (mstsc) inward guild to strength Remote Desktop to connect to console session of remote server.
In Windows Server 2003, you lot tin laissez passer on the sack outset the RDC customer (Mstsc.exe) past times using the /console switch to remotely connect to the physical console session on the server (also known every bit session 0).
mstsc /v:servername /consoleIn Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2, the /console switch has been deprecated. You tin laissez passer on the sack utilisation the novel /admin switch to remotely connect to a Windows Server 2008-based server for administrative purposes. The /admin switch is introduced inward Remote Desktop Client (RDC) 6.1. RDC 6.1 is included inward the next operating systems:
- Windows Server 2008
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1)
- Windows XP Service Pack iii (SP3)
- Or whatever estimator updated to RDC 6.1
mstsc /v:servername /adminTo ensure you lot are on the console (Session ID=0) of the server, delight function the ascendency "query session" from a Command Prompt. The ID=0 every bit showed inward the picture below confirms that you lot are on the console (Session ID=0).
Please Federal Reserve annotation that inward Windows Server 2003, you lot tin laissez passer on the sack outset the RDC customer (Mstsc.exe) past times using the /console or /admin switch to remotely connect to the physical console session on the server (also known every bit session ID=0). However, inward Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2, the /console switch has been deprecated. In Windows Server 2008 too Windows Server 2008 R2, session 0 is a non-interactive session that is reserved for services.
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| You should login every bit the user who is logged on the server. |
