Re: RDC Console connection locks up server

That's weird! And nothing in the EventLog, I assume, besides the
"the previous shutdown was unexpected" Event?
You might enable verbose logging of userenv, maybe that shows you
some more information:

221833 - How to enable user environment debug logging in retail
builds of Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=221833

Does this happen from all clients? With the latest version of the
rdp client installed? (the one that comes with 2003 SP1).

If it's not a client issue, I would call Microsoft Support. I
cannot remember having heard of a similar issue before.
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MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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=?Utf-8?B?ZmxvdWll?= <flouie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on
08 aug 2006:

Yes it is on 2003 server SP1.
It happens even right after a reboot and nobody has even logged
in yet via direct or RDC. When you RDC with the /console switch
it prompts for login info (tried using both a domain admin
account and the local administrator account) after supplying the
login info you press enter and it just locks up or hangs meaning
you can now no longer login to the server via direct console or
via another RDC session without the /console switch. RDC will
work indefinitely if you don't use the /console switch and you
can login directly from the console indefinitely until someone
tries to RDC with the /console switch and then the server just
become unresponsive and had to do a hard reboot.

"Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:

I understand that you run 2003, but are you running SP1 on the
server?
Does this happen only when there is an active console session
(someone is logged into the physical console, and you try to
take over the console session remotely), or also when there is
no console session at all?
Are you using the Administrator account? With the right to
logon locally?

What *exactly* do you mean with "locks up"?
Is the session protected by a password protected screen saver?
Do the keyboard and mouse work in the session?
If not, can you logon to the physical console of the server?
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MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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=?Utf-8?B?ZmxvdWll?= <flouie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
on 08 aug 2006 in microsoft.public.win2000.termserv.clients:

I'm having a very strange issue with Remote Desktop on one
server in which if I RDC with the /console switch it always
locks up the server and I have to do a hard reset, but RDC
works find when used w/o the /console switch. Anyone else
encounter this problem and how to fix it? Thanks.
.

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