Re: HowTo Logon to Console with non-Administrator to W2003 Terminal Server

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From: Richard McCall [MSFT] (richmcc_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/15/04 

Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 02:12:21 +0530

Try using the pwoer users group instead of the individual users name
"Celina" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> We use Terminal Services to administer our Windows 2003
> Servers remotely. Normally we do that using an
> administrative account, but with tree servers we want to
> use a non-administrative account.
>
> I changed the permissions for connections in the rdp-tcp-
> Properties to full for that specific account (as mentioned
> in 253831). (There are no GPOs or anything like that to
> restrict local logons.) Then I tried to connect so console
> either with Remote Desktops with XP or with the
> switch /console with Remote Desktop Client from W2K.
>
> I get the error message "you do not have access to logon
> to this session", when the account is not actually logged
> on locally at the console on the machine. I can connect
> and use the console when the account is already logged on
> locally at the console on the machines.
>
> If I grant admin rights to the account, I can connect to
> the console without error message in both circumstances.
>
> I would like to have the account able to use the console,
> without the need to be logged on locally at the console
> first (this would be useful in case of reboots of the
> server).
>
> Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks in advance.
>
> Celina

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