Nope! As I've said, it's only happened about 4 times total, and it does not seem to be repeatable. I'm guessing a plugged-up local DNS cache.
Thanks! -------------------------------------- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org Klint Price - ArizonaITPro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 07/29/2008 05:36:59 PM: > Are you running any loopbacks for vpn or SSH? > > Klint > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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> ~
