<p>Unfortunately I have to use Windows Server 2003 on my 32 bit workstation due to memory constraints of Windows XP.</p>

<p>In Windows XP, when you connect via Remote Desktop the current session I am logged in is instantly shared on the Remote Desktop. I can see all the applications I have opened on my workstation and can continue to work on my open applications.</p>

<p>On Windows 2003 Server however, each Remote Desktop connection gets a new session. With no applications opened. So I have to use the Task Manager and connect to my existing session manually to see the opened applications.</p>

<p>Can this be changed so that Windows 2003 Servers acts exactly as Windows XP? I do not need to allow multiple users to connect to the box simultaneously. I would even like to prevent that, since it is used as a workstation and do not want to allow other domain users to start applications on my workstation.</p>

[{'answer_id': 80773, 'author': 'blowdart', 'author_id': 2525, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2525', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>You can run MSTSC /admin or MSTSC /console depending on what version you have installed which will then connect to the console sessions</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 80781, 'author': 'David Linker', 'author_id': 15224, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/15224', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>The secret is to start Windows Terminal server client with the /console command so:</p>\n\n<p>mstsc.exe /console</p>\n\n<p>This will connect you to the existing cosole session rather than connecting you to a new session.</p>\n\n<p>XP does this by default as it only supports a single (console) session.  Windows Server support multiple sessions (depending on version and licensing) hence you need to specify /console when you want to connect to the existing console session.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 376939, 'author': 'Community', 'author_id': -1, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1', 'pm_score': 3, 'selected': True, 'text': '<p>Logon to any session on Windows 2003 server. Goto Administrative tools-->Terminal services configuration-->Server Settings-->Restrict each user to one session(check this box)</p>\n\n<p>login again using RDP &amp; you are good to go.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 586985, 'author': 'Community', 'author_id': -1, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>mstsc.exe /admin</p>\n'}]
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