Re: minimize startup program

From: Klw (Klw_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/10/04


Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 06:27:04 -0700

Do you know is this a local or group policy and where is it located?

"Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:

> Not by IP address, no, but you should be able to see the name of
> the client computer.
> However, I'm not convinced that this is the way to go. Having
> multiple sessions running under the same account is bound to give
> you problems with corrupt user profiles, and printouts will end up
> all over the place, if you use redirected printers.
>
> Why didn't the login script complete? You can force login scripts
> to complete before starting your application by using a Group
> Policy and checking the setting "Run login scripts synchronously".
>
> --
> Vera Noest
> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
> http://hem.fyristorg.com/vera/IT
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>
> =?Utf-8?B?S2x3?= <Klw@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 09 sep
> 2004:
>
> > That was absolutely the problem. We had a logon script running
> > in the background. Once removed, everything closed and
> > disconnected the way we wanted it to. Thank you so much.
> > Now I have one more question, we want to create one User ID for
> > all users to use (this is how we want to get around the logon
> > script, we won't include it in this User ID); however when
> > resetting sessions in the Manager we might have trouble
> > identifiying the correct session to reset. Can Manager display
> > sessions by IP address?
> >
> > "Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> When the application is closed, the session should
> >> automatically log off. The most probable cause that this
> >> doesn't happen is that there is some other process still
> >> running in the session. Check in Task Manager to see which
> >> process. If you can't make this process exit normally (or not
> >> start at all), you can define a batch job as the starting
> >> program, with the batch job containing something like:
> >>
> >> start/wait my_starting_app.exe
> >> logoff
> >>
> >> The empty desktop when minimizing the application is by design.
> >> That's the whole idea behind a single application: users should
> >> not have access to the desktop at all.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Vera Noest
> >> MCSE,CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
> >> http://hem.fyristorg.com/vera/IT
> >> *----------- Please reply in newsgroup -------------*
> >>
> >> =?Utf-8?B?S2x3?= <Klw@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 09
> >> sep 2004:
> >>
> >> > TS in application mode, running a specific program at startup
> >> > of the session.
> >> > The application starts fine, but If the usesr closes the
> >> > application or
> >> > minimizes it, the TS desktop is blank. The user is not given
> >> > any option for disconnecting or logging off the session
> >> > normally. Is this by design or is there a way to let the
> >> > user (once the application is closed for minimized) see the
> >> > desktop so they can disconnect or log off properly?
>



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