Re: Remote Administration Terminal Services

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From: Vera Noest [MVP] (Vera.Noest_at_remove-this.hem.utfors.se)
Date: 11/26/04


Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 06:06:49 -0800

OK, this thread is a bit confusing...
I agree completely with you, JJ, and personally I install
everything at the physical console, never from within a TS
session.

My previous post was meant as an addition/correction to Stuarts
post, since he wrote "because you can't see the console". That
problem is solved in 2003.

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Vera Noest
MCSE,CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
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"JJ" <jj@stokes.net> wrote on 26 nov 2004:

> The problem I was speaking of also APPLIES to /CONSOLE session
> in Windows 2003.
>
>
>
> "Vera Noest [MVP]" <Vera.Noest@remove-this.hem.utfors.se> wrote
> in message
> news:Xns95AC6C09EC26Bveranoesthemutforsse@207.46.248.16...
>> If you run Windows 2003, you can actually connect to session 0
>> (= the console session). Use mstsc /console.
>>
>> --
>> Vera Noest
>> MCSE,CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
>> http://hem.fyristorg.com/vera/IT
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>>
>> stuartm <stuart.maxwell@gmail.com> wrote on 25 nov 2004:
>>
>>> It's never a good idea to install applications in a terminal
>>> services session. Some applications will install fine without
>>> any problems but there are some that cause problems. Also,
>>> because you can't see the console, you wouldn't know if a
>>> warning message has been displayed on the screen. If you do
>>> need to install apps remotely, I recommend using VNC so that
>>> you are actually controlling the console of the server and not
>>> just a session.
>>>
>>> (Tip for you younger players... always check the floppy drive
>>> before remotely rebooting a server!)
>>>
>>> S.
>>>
>>>
>>> on 25/11/2004 5:11 p.m. JJ said the following:
>>>> Would it be fair to say...installing applications such as
>>>> server apps...MOM, SMS, SQL, etc... is not adviseable in a
>>>> Terminal session?
>>>>
>>>> Somewhere I read and even experienced a problem when
>>>> installing under Terminal session...basically, the profile
>>>> and registry does not get all the info required to make this
>>>> applications work....



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