Re: Why does RD session become locked after some time of inactivity?

From: Vera Noest [MVP] (vera.noest_at_remove-this.hem.utfors.se)
Date: 02/14/05


Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 11:38:55 -0800

Sounds like you have a Group Policy in place which enforces a
password protected screen saver. This might be a good setting on
workstations, but is normally not used in a TS session.

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Vera Noest
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<systematic1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 14 feb 2005 in
microsoft.public.win2000.termserv.clients:

> Why does an active RD session go into locked computer mode (as
> if the user had pressed Ctrl+Alt+Del and then clicked Lock
> Computer) after several minutes of inactivity? Is this interval
> configurable?
>
> We are currently migrating from a Windows 2000 server to Windows
> 2003 server using RD (server is colocated at our ASP). Is this
> auto-locking a feature of Terminal services or does it affect
> the console login as well?



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