Re: Fix: Error connecting to existing session

From: Jeffrey Randow (MVP) (jeffreyr-support_at_remotenetworktechnology.com)
Date: 03/12/04 

Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 20:20:58 -0600

Was your other account a member of the administrator group?

Jeffrey Randow (Windows Net. & Smart Display MVP)
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On 11 Mar 2004 14:02:00 -0800, ian_a_c@hotmail.com (Ian) wrote:

>I thought I'd post this for the record as I've had this issue for a
>while and noticed that a number of others also have, but no-one ever
>posted a solution.
>
>I've recently had a new HP computer at work and after I'd got all of
>my applications ported across from my old machine to the new one and
>enabled remote desktop I started to have problems connecting to an
>existing session. This occurred regardless of whether the original
>login session was created from the console or remotely, and it
>happened for all accounts on the machine that had remote logins
>enabled.
>
>The error message I was getting was
>
> Logon Connect Failed
>
> Error connecting to existing session for XXX (Id n)
> The Specified session cannot be found.
> A new session will be created.
>
>
>No new session was ever created and the only course of action was to
>login under an alternative admin account and kill the initial session
>(this had an obvious down-side in that any unsaved work was lost).
>
>After a couple of calls to the HP product support number here in the
>UK they eventually came up with a simple solution that worked for me.
>The solution was simply to create a new user with full admin rights,
>login as that user. Then login as that user again via remote desktop.
>At this point I was then able to disconnect and reconnect. This seems
>to also have fixed the problem with all of the other accounts at the
>same time.
>
>I've no idea why it fixed it or indeed what had broken in the first
>place. However the fact it was fixed was good enough for me.
>
>I just hope that this post helps someone else out in the future.
>
>Regards
>Ian

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