Remote Desktop with Vista SP1

If you use remote desktop a lot, here is a tip that will save you lots of frustration. Most of us like to connect to the Console instance when connecting to a remote server. We normally use a command like:

mstsc /console

But if have Windows Vista and install SP1 they changed the syntax to:

mstsc /admin

Funny thing there is no indication that the earlier syntax is not supported so if you use the old syntax it will just connect as if the /console switch was never there - which will connect you to one of normal terminal sessions, not the console instance.