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MSTSC and Console

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I was looking for a way to connect to the currently running console session on a Windows Server 2003 box. (This is the default when connecting to a Windows XP machine.) I think I found it. Start terminal services client with /console and that should do it. From the command line: mstsc.exe /console. When you connect to your server the session opened should be the current console session.

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  • Anonymous
    March 17, 2005
    You can also put the /console parameter in the 'Computer' textbox in the MSTSC GUI. E.g. you can enter "127.0.0.1 /console" (without the quotes) to connect to the console session on the machine at 127.0.0.1.
  • Anonymous
    March 17, 2005
    Excellent. Thanks Kevin. I've been looking for a way to do this for a while.

    Cheers,

    Brian
  • Anonymous
    March 21, 2005
    Good tip, Brian, thanks. I could have used this two weeks ago :( , but I'll remember for next time!