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The terminal has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections
Posted on May 30th, 2007 by Fred
Trying to access Windows Server 2003 using Remote Desktop connection and you received this message:
The terminal has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections
If you’re using Windows XP SP2 try to run (Start>Run) :
mstsc /console
and do the log in.
Remote Desktop
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is Microsoft’s implementation of a protocol to allow one to remotely control a computer from another machine via a network. This protocol is only available on Windows XP Professional (not Home) and Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2003 Server with Terminal Services installed. If you are not using one of the above versions of Windows, the Remote Desktop option will not be available. It will not work on any other versions of Windows. Remote Desktop has the following benefits:
1. When establishing a Remote Desktop connection, you are prompted to log into the computer as if you were sitting at it. This means you must have a local (or domain) user account that is capable of logging into the computer. This username & password is NOT maintained by Laplink at all, it is maintained by Windows (either the host computer or the domain the host computer is attached to). This means that a user does not need to have a separate Remote Control username & password, Remote Desktop just uses the Windows login information so when your Windows password changes, you use it for Remote Desktop instead of having to remember different passwords or having to update the password list separately.
2. A feature of RDP that some people will like is that when you log into the host computer using Remote Desktop (RDP), the computer becomes locked and someone that is sitting at it will NOT be able to see or interfere with what you are doing. If you do not wish to risk someone at the host computer seeing what you are doing, this is the only option we have available. This feature can also be a hindrance for some (see #5 under Laplink Remote Control)
3. Since RDP is built directly into Windows, it will tend to be a little bit faster than our Remote Control.
4. The Remote Desktop implementation allows you to switch to full screen mode (CTRL-SHIFT-F). It does not allow you to shrink the screen down to match the window size so you may have to do a bit of scrolling around if the host has a high resolution set and the guest does not.
5. You can send a CTRL-ALT-DEL to the host computer by using CTRL-ALT-END on the guest side.