Logout of user profile without need for manual intervention
At my organization (a library), we have quite a few public computers that automatically boot up and logon to a guest account. If I try to remote into one of those computers while no one is using it to do some updates, I receive a screen that says "Another user is logged on to this computer. If you continue, this user has to disconnect from this computer. Do you want to continue?" At this point, I physically have to walk out to that computer a verify that I want to allow a remote session. What I am wondering is if there is a way I can force the remote computer to log off the guest account so that I can remote in as an admin without having to manually intercede?
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Nevermind, It's evidently not possible using Microsoft's built in RDP.
Hello,
These are old, but it may work on your OS
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/118889-remote-desktop-set-time-limit-idle-sessions.html
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee791741(v=ws.10).aspx
Best regards,
Maurice
You can forcibly disconnect the sessions remotely as long as you have your admin account running in Admin mode.
Maybe some sort of macro as a pre-connection idea in RDM..
for /f "tokens=1*" %%f in ('qwinsta /server:$HOST$') do if %%i == Active tsdiscon %%h /server:$HOST$
That will automatically disconnect the active session (assuming a single user workstation). If you are connecting to a multi-user workstation (RDS etc.) that that would disconnect everyone.
David F.
Thank you, David. I will have to try this. What I came up with is to use the CMD prompt to logoff the guest user, which of course disconnects that particular session. However, this allows me to make a new RDP connection using my Admin credentials. It seems work pretty well.
I work at a library and all the publicly available PCs auto-login to a guest account. I needed to be able remote in to issues updates and perform occasional maintenance.
Thanks again!