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More => Old Versions => Media Center 15 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: marko on February 24, 2011, 01:28:33 am

Title: Tip: Ending a remote desktop connection...
Post by: marko on February 24, 2011, 01:28:33 am

For some unknown reason, PCAnywhere, which performs flawlessly between family connections at opposite ends of the country, keeps crashing when used over my LAN.

So, I started using windows built-in Remote Desktop Connection, which works really well. The only thing irritating me about it was that when terminating the session, it left the HTPC at the windows login screen, so I went in search of a solution...

This little nugget works a treat on Windows Seven: http://www.tenniswood.co.uk/technology/windows/how-to-restore-a-media-center-session-after-using-remote-desktop/

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%windir%\System32\tscon.exe RDP-Tcp#0 /dest:console
Create the shortcut, then pin it to the start menu, start theatre view, press the windows key and hit the shortcut.... Excellent.

-marko
/me has just listened to Chris Evans playing Postively 4th Street on Radio 2 - Also excellent!! :)

Title: Re: Tip: Ending a remote desktop connection...
Post by: dcwebman on February 24, 2011, 08:04:28 am

Thanks for the tip. The free version of Logmein works pretty well too.

Title: Re: Tip: Ending a remote desktop connection...
Post by: MrC on February 24, 2011, 12:07:16 pm

Hmmm, not working for me.

I use Remote Desktop Connection via my Mac, connecting to Win 7 Prof x64.  The shortcut doesn't disconnect RDC on the Mac, nor restore the console login.  The session number is correct (same as shown in the article).