{"id":451,"date":"2010-03-23T09:22:31","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T14:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/it.thelibrarie.com\/weblog\/?p=451"},"modified":"2010-03-23T09:39:44","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T14:39:44","slug":"windows-2k-rdp-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/it.thelibrarie.com\/weblog\/2010\/03\/windows-2k-rdp-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 2k RDP Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"

And here I thought I would be done with Windows 2000 Advanced Server. Oh well.
\nBasically you’re allowed 2 RDP sessions and 1 console (local) session on win2k server. Server 2003\/2008 allow you to use all 3 sessions remotely, which is a definite plus. Easy way to get to the console session of 2003\/2008:<\/p>\n

Start, Run
\nmstsc \/admin<\/code>
\nIP or Name of your server\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Easy way on Windows 2000. Uh, THERE IS NO EASY WAY.
\nOur situation:
\n2 Windows 2000 Advanced Servers
\nLocated 120 minutes away
\nNot on the domain (workgroup)
\nOne of the servers had the maximum number of connections
\nThe other server we could login no problem<\/p>\n

As long as you have rights (privs) to the admin share (c$) of the computer, you can very easily connect:
\n1.) I logged into the win2k server that still worked
\n2.) Pulled up the command prompt
\n3.) Typed qwinsta \/server:192.168.20.150
\n4.) Typed rwinsta \/server:192.168.20.150 sessionid<\/p>\n

Basically qwinsta will query for all the active\/disconnected RDP sessions on the server. Rwinsta will remove the session id you pick. Check out the picture for more information.
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Then just connect as usual.<\/p>\n

******EDIT******
\nOK, so sometimes I’m a little slow on the uptake. I forgot how to manage remotely without being part of the domain. Authenticate as a user on that system and you can do it all remotely – ie if BOTH of those servers had max connections, what would I do?<\/p>\n

net use \/user:usernamehere \\\\ip_of_the_server\\c$<\/code>
\nThis will prompt you to enter a password for the username you selected
\nNow you can run the same commands above.<\/p>\n

ALSO, it looks like you can use:
\nquery session \/server:192.168.20.150<\/code>
\nand
\nreset session 36 \/server:192.168.20.150<\/code>
\nas those are easier to remember on new systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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