Difference between local and remote

[totalwar]

Is there any practical difference in being logged in locally on a server console and RDP ing onto a server ??

 

[captaincrunch00]

I can only tell you everything I've been told:

If you are installing something, stand at the server, dont remote in and install it.

I dont know why. I really dont, it doesnt seem like it would screw anything up.

 

[J741]

Depending on your server policy settings, you may be automatically logged-out of the RDP session if you don't do anything with the keyboard and mouse. This can happen if you are waiting for something to finish installing.

Other than that, I don't know of any other signifigant issues with using RDP on the server.

- James.


My memory is not as good as it should be, and neither is my memory.

I have forgotten more than I can remember

 

[PPettit]

If you're going to log in to install something, I would recommend that you log in using the console session instead of a regular session. Using the console session is more like you were actually sitting at the server.

You can do this by executing "mstsc /console" from your workstation. The regular RDP shortcut just executes "mstsc.exe" without any switches.

One note of caution, though. If you need to log out and you have an app that needs to be running in the console session, remember to disconnect from the server instead of logging out like you normally would. If you log out, the app will be terminated during the logout process.

I've done this lots of time without any problems that I'm aware of.

 

[ttrsux]

Just thought I'd share something I recently found out. On a RDP session, you can press CTRL + ALT + END to act as the regular CTRL+ALT+DEL key. I changed credentials and it told me to press the CTRL+ALT+END key to temporarily lock it and log back in with current credentials. I've been using RDP with console for about two years and first found this out yesterday!