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05-20-2005, 05:24 PM #1Web Hosting Master
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Problem with windows server
Hi,
I have programs I want to run for days.
I got a bunch of programs I want to run on the server. The programs run
for days.
Now after a short time, when I logged in, I got:
The remote session was ended because the idle timeout limit was
reached. This limit is set by the server administrator or by network
policies.
My server administrator must have changed something there. Actually after a certain amount of time, I only want the
session to get disconnected, not ended. Yet it's ended because
everytime I logged in again, programs that I run simply don't run
anymore.
I checked out
Administrative Tools > Terminal Services Configuration
and I see there is no timeout limit set. Where else can this be set
anyway? I want to get rid time out. I think I am better off getting
locked out once in a while rather than not being able to run my
programs at all.
In the session tab, I only see:
overide user settings (checkbox checked)
end a disconnected session (never)
active session limit (never)
idle session limit (never)
When session limit is reached or connection is broken
I choose disconnect session rather than end session.
So it's all never.
I wonder what user settings is. I checked around
computer management. I saw group administrator and user administrator.
Again no time out settings is done.
Where in the earth the time out settings is set.
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05-20-2005, 05:34 PM #2Managed Hosting Expert
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Try installing VNC and connecting in that way, you are then actually logged onto the machine in real life rather than a virtual session.
A lot easier way of doing it, and ensures when your session gets dropped everything stays open.
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05-20-2005, 05:44 PM #3Web Hosting Master
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At first glance those settings sound right to me, you shouldn't be having these sessions ended.
Are you sure the processes aren't running under another session? It's common for a user to become disconnected from terminal services, then when they log back in it connects them to another session. In which case you could click the Users tab in task manager, right click the disconnected session and choose connect, this would bring you back to your original session.EZZI.net - A Service of Access Integrated Technologies Inc
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05-20-2005, 05:49 PM #4Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by RazorBlue - Dan
Try installing VNC and connecting in that way, you are then actually logged onto the machine in real life rather than a virtual session.
A lot easier way of doing it, and ensures when your session gets dropped everything stays open.
Dan
For example
%SystemRoot%\system32\mstsc.exe /console
This connects you to the console session, as if you were right in front of the machine. However it doesn't bring up the security risk that VNC does. With VNC you are on the console session, and all your actions are viewable to anyone who can plug a monitor into your server, Remote Desktop /console locks the local console like pressing the Windows Logo Key + L.
Not that I think many datacenters plug monitors into servers to see if maybe someone is using PCA/VNC and they can spy on them configuring IIS, but I like to stay within the OS until it becomes necessary to use a 3rd party app. Especially one that gives full control of my machine.EZZI.net - A Service of Access Integrated Technologies Inc
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05-20-2005, 06:01 PM #5Managed Hosting Expert
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Interesting, never seen that option before.
However I really don't think you'd find any datacentres playing about with monitors so they could watch customers, a bit insane.
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05-21-2005, 02:24 AM #6Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by Take-IT-EZZI
At first glance those settings sound right to me, you shouldn't be having these sessions ended.
Are you sure the processes aren't running under another session? It's common for a user to become disconnected from terminal services, then when they log back in it connects them to another session. In which case you could click the Users tab in task manager, right click the disconnected session and choose connect, this would bring you back to your original session.
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05-21-2005, 11:20 PM #7Web Hosting Evangelist
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VNC or any other 3rd party "remote control" app is much more resource intensive than the built-in windows terminal services. Better to use the "/console" option and avoid 3rd party apps unless you really have a reason to use them.
Note that /console option is only supported on Windows Server 2003. If you are using Windows Server 2000 that option is not available.
Originally posted by RazorBlue - Dan
Try installing VNC and connecting in that way, you are then actually logged onto the machine in real life rather than a virtual session.
A lot easier way of doing it, and ensures when your session gets dropped everything stays open.
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