That's fine, I only need one. I have no other RDP session to the Windows
XP. I'm simply trying to connect from the Windows XP box to itself using
RDP. They can't be counting the current login to the console as an
instance of an RDP session?!

How do I get the terminal services management applications open to see what
RDP sessions Windows XP thinks are there?

--
Will

"Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message
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> Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 allow up to three sessions at
> once for remote and local access. Windows XP, not being a server
operating
> system, allows only one.
>
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> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com
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> "Will" <DELETE_westes@earthbroadcast.com> wrote in message
> news:j4ydnUARt4HYHiXeRVn-hA@giganews.com...
> > When using the RDP client in Windows XP SP2, connecting to the machine
you
> > already are logged into appears to fail with a message that there is
> > already
> > a console session and you cannot open a second console window. Is
there
> > any way to work around this?
> >
> > With Windows 2000, it is an extremely useful thing to be able to login
to
> > the same machine from your console login. I typically login as a
simply
> > "user" with minimal permissions and then open up a second console window
> > through Terminal Services and login as administrator. If I have some
> > administrative chore on the system it is extremely convenient to be able
> > to
> > switch over to the other console session and do the work as
administrator.
> > I can't believe they would take a step backwards and forbid that
practice
> > in
> > Windows XP?
> >
> > I'm aware of the Run As feature, but it is extremely cumbersome to have
to
> > type a long password on each command.
> >
> > By the way, does Microsoft have a newsgroup dedicated to discussion of
RDP
> > issues and terminal services? I saw such groups for WindowsNT only.
> >
> > --
> > Will
> >
> >
>
>