"Leave at Remote Computer" Sound Option Only Works When You Are Logged On to the Terminal Server by Using a Console Session

When you log on to a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based terminal server by using the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) 5.1 Terminal Services client, you can configure the following client-side settings for the Remote computer sound option: When you select the Leave at remote computer option, sound does not play on the remote computer when you are not logged on to the terminal server using a console session.

This behavior occurs because if you are not logged on to the terminal server using a console session, your current session may be one of many Terminal Services sessions running at the same time. If each session has the Leave at remote computer sound option enabled, and if sound plays on the terminal server from sessions other than the console session, many sounds might play at the same time. Because of this, when a Terminal Services client connects to the terminal server by using a session other than the console session, the effective sound setting is Do not play, even though the Leave at remote computer option is selected. Sounds only play on the terminal server when you connect by using a console session.

To configure the Remote computer sound option on a computer where Remote Desktop Connection is installed, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to Communications, and then click Remote Desktop Connection.
2. Click the Local Resources tab, and then click the option that you want in the Remote computer sound list.
3. When you are finished configuring options for this connection, click Connect.

For additional information about how to connect to the console session of a Windows Server 2003-based terminal server, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: