

- Server 2016 remote desktop keep session when disconnect password#
- Server 2016 remote desktop keep session when disconnect windows#
Written by Steve Fenton on 27th September 2016. And finally, set the item to Enabled and select time limit that should elapse before ending the disconnected session.
Server 2016 remote desktop keep session when disconnect windows#
On the users tab of task manager User A in the tree has 4 sub nodes: Client Server Runtime process, Desktop Window Manager, Service Host: Unistack Service Group, Windows Logon Application, Windows Logon User Interface Host Expand Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration -> Session Time Limits and select Set time limit for disconnected sessions.

From the server Admin account I have accessed Computer Management -> Local Users and Groups-> Users -> Test and in the Sessions tab of account properties set Ends a Disconnected Session to 1 hr. Trying MSTSC with the /admin command line switch also brought me back to the same stuck session (when signing in as the stuck user A) I am using a remote Server 2016 VPS from a provider and wish to configure a user account Test to terminate after 1 hour of being disconnected. user to disconnect existing Remote Desktop.
Server 2016 remote desktop keep session when disconnect password#
I was logged in as user A, ran the above command, changed the username to B in the username box (so i'm changing the password for B while logged on as A)īut then the process just hung - 30 minutes on the "Changing password" screen with no change. This has worked many times before, so I wasn't expecting any difficulty this time. Because I have to RDP through 3 other machines to reach this server I can't press ctrl-alt-end, so instead I run this command on the box I want to change the password of:Įxplorer.exe shell::: The password for both is due to expire in 5 days. I've two admin accounts for a remote server, struggling with one of them.
