Using remote desktop with Vista
I have just installed Vista RC1 – build 5600 – and want to use the trick I posted a while back that allows me to disconnect from a remote desktop connection to my Tablet, without my tablet locking (i.e. presenting the login screen). On XP to do this I would run a batch file that contained the command:
tscon.exe 0 /dest:console
Under Vista to achieve the same thing the command needs to be:
tscon.exe RDP-Tcp#0 /dest:console
this command needs to run as administrator, so in my case I right click on the shortcut on my desktop and pick “Run as administrator”
when combined with synergy, this allows me to:
- use my tablet display but my desktop keyboard and mouse for casual tasks
- click on a saved RDP config file that brings up a full screen RDP session to my Tablet on my left hand screen when I want to do some more serious work, I prefer this because I get a lot more screen area to work with and because under Vista UAC prompts can not be responded to using synergy, but they can be responded to over RDP
- right click disconnect.bat when I have finished with my RDP session, which leaves my tablet just where I started and without having to login etc, I can just continue working with it using synergy.
THANK YOU!!! I run xp on my Sharp 42″ LCD TV via hdmi. and I also have a laptop that I use on my couch. Sometimes I require to login via remote desktop which once you are done your session synergy will no longer work until you reboot.
Thanks so much for this fix I know you understand what I mean π
It doesn’t work correctly if you have fast users switching enabled. Disable fast user switching and its all good, one other little thing I ran into with Windows XP
Thanks for this π
oh thanks very much. you saved my life π
tscon.exe %sessionname% /dest:console
… is better, because if you RDP on twice, RDP-Tcp#0 becomes RDP-Tcp#1.