Article ID: 282004 - Last Review: January 15, 2006 - Revision: 1.2

Starting a Remote Desktop Session Appears to Disconnect the Session

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SYMPTOMS

When a remote desktop session to a Microsoft Windows XP Professional computer is started, the console session of the target computer appears as though it has restarted and the active session has been disconnected. This is not the case. The console session is now being displayed remotely on another computer as the remote desktop session.

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CAUSE

Windows XP Professional only allows one connection to the computer at a time. Invoking a remote desktop session when a console session is active will disconnect the console session until you log off or disconnect. The converse is also true: invoking a console session when a remote desktop session is active will disconnect the remote desktop session.

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