Absolute Moments

If you used to be in development environment you will hear something like…

“Who the hell is connecting and used up all the connections to the server. Get off it! I need to do something urgently!”

Most people know there are two remote desktop (RDP) connections for use on a server for administration purposes. However, many people don’t know about the secret ‘third’ RDP connection. This connection is called the ‘console’ connection. As the name implies, the console connection is a RDP connection to the server’s physical console. In other words, you can see what the guy standing at the server sees.

This is good for:

- Always being able to get a RDP connection to a server as this connection will kick off any existing console connection (the guy in front of the server will been forced logged off). This is a quick fix when you need a RDP connection but the existing two virtual RDP connections are tied up.

- Remotely working with applications that have issues functioning in a virtual RDP connection. Some apps write directly to the console and if you’re in a virtual connection, you won’t see the message and think the app has locked up. This happens a lot with application installations over RDP so if you’re attempting to install an app and it just stops… try using the console.

To use this:

Start > Run >

mstsc /console /v:servername

Example:
mstsc /console /v: cgv3n1s

Parameters
ConnectionFile
Specifies the name of an .rdp file for the connection.

/v:ServerName[:Port]
Specifies the remote computer and, optionally, the port number to which you want to connect.

/console
Connects to the console session of the specified Windows Server 2003 family operating system.

/f
Starts Remote Desktop connection in full-screen mode.
/w:Width /h:Height
Specifies the dimensions of the Remote Desktop screen.
/edit”ConnectionFile”

Opens the specified .rdp file for editing.

/migrate
Migrates legacy connection files that were created with Client Connection Manager to new .rdp connection files.

This instructs the remote desktop application (mstsc.exe) to connect to the console session instead of a virtual one.

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