How to Remote Desktop to the Actual Server Console on Windows 2003
Using the Remote Desktop client usually lands you in a seperate session on the windows server. There are times, however, when you might want to be able to connect to the console directly instead of being in a seperate session. This is how.
Start the remote desktop client from the command line or the Start/Run dialog with this command:
mstsc /console
You can now select the server you wish to connect to, and you will connect to the server console session instead of a seperate session.
If you want to see the usage dialog, type mstsc /?
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If you remote into a console, do not log off if there are programs or services running that need to interact with the desktop. You should disconnect instead. A good example is Icverify, the credit authorization gateway. If you log off the remote console session the app will terminate.
In the OS X version of RDC you hold down the "Command" key while connecting.
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When I do this it still shows up as a TCP-RDP session, why does it now show under the console as being logged in?