Windows Vista

Remote Desktop Connection Limit Exceeded

Maher Al-Jendasi — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:06:00 GMT

Problem

When you try to connect to a Windows Server 2003 box using Remote Desktop Connection (mstsc), you get an error message that you can not connect; because the number of connection exceeded the limits.

The number of available connection sessions through Remote Desktop Connection are limited to two (active or disconnected), and inorder to connect an empty session must be available to you. One of the mistakes is to exist the Remote Desktop Connection tool by clicking the X at the top right corner; this will disconnect the session, however it will not terminate it. So be sure to exit the RDC by using the log off command.

Solution

Run the Remote Desktop Connection tool with the /console switch. This will allow you to connect to Session 0 (Console). Please note that the documentation incorrectly state that you can use the /console switch with Windows Server 2000 boxes, this is incorrect and it's only valid with Windows 2003 Server boxes (KB#311926).

Example: mstsc /console

Typically after you login using the /console switch, you would terminate the idle sessions, you can do this using the Terminal Services Manager.

Windows Vista and Office 2007 Boxshots

Maher Al-Jendasi — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:38:00 GMT

Source: Windows Vista Team Blog

Please, click on the images to get the full size version, even if it says "The Photo is Currently Unavailable"

Windows Vista Home Basic

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Office 2007 System - Home and Student

Office 2007 System - Professional

Windows Vista Build 5744 (Release Candidate 2) Available

Maher Al-Jendasi — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 02:27:00 GMT

Windows Vista release candidate 2, Build 5744, available now for download, in both 32-bit and 64-bit. The new build can be downloaded from http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/rc2/en/download.htm

The download size 2.49GB (2552.57MB) for 32-bit edition and 3.52GB (3609.21MB) for 64-bit edition.