Connect by IP address until you get your DNS sorted out. S -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 9:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Remote Desktop of Death
I am on my XP desktop, and I run mstsc.exe to open a session on a server. (In the most recent case, the server was a VM, so remote session is the only real possibility.) Again, I am logged into my XP desktop as my personal account, and I try to log into a remote server with a different, administrative account. My "warning message" is that the remote server already has my personal, non-admin account logged into a session on it. -------------------------------------- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org Ken Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 07/29/2008 07:39:51 AM: > Can you clarify this? > > > I need to open a remote desktop session on a server. > > Is this: > a) you are running mstsc.exe on your local Vista machine, and > (trying to) open a session to a server > -or- > b) you are on a server (console or RD) and you need to open a remote > desktop session somewhere else? > > Cheers > Ken > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, 29 July 2008 10:19 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Remote Desktop of Death > > > > OK, why does this happen on occasion? > > > > All our servers are Win2003, most are R2 SP2. Our desktops are all XP > > Pro, SP2... > > > > I need to open a remote desktop session on a server. I attempt to log in > > as a local administrator on that machine (not the account running on my > > desktop system). I am told that "I" (that is, the account on my local > > desktop) is currently logged into this server - do I want to log him off? > > When I hit the "Yes" button, I watch in horror as all my currently running > > desktop apps shut down, one by one, until I am logged off my desktop > > session. > > > > This has happened perhaps 4 times to me. Now that I've lost a precious 5 > > minutes getting back up and running (got a project engineer arriving > > shortly), any ideas as to why this happens? Once I learn to recognize the > > signs of "This will hose you!", is there a good way to back out and get a > > functional term session? > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
