Mstsc /admin command will allow you remote on to the server.

A black screen after you RDP to a server (assuming your server hasn’t crashed).

“The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections”.

If you are a server administrator and you get something like: When using /span, your remote desktop window will get treated like its 1 giant monitor. Sometimes I like to have the extra space so I use the /span command.įor a shortcut or the run command: mstsc /v:192.168.255.255 /span or Only problem is when you RDP to another computer, you only use one of your monitors. If you’re like me, you like dual monitors.

If I want to individually force my width and height (or assign both), I could use something like In the run command I would type in mstsc /v:192.168.255.255 /f In the run command or shortcut I would type in mstsc /v:computer1 /f or Let’s say the computer I’m trying to get on has a name of computer1 and an IP of 192.168.255.255. Note: If you are using the computer name to remote on to a machine, you must be on the same network like a VPN or be on the same internal network or you must have previously set up in a host file or have DNS configured correctly. /admin: Log in to administer the server.įor the average user, the commands that are probably the most relevant to you are /v and /f./span: Span the length of the available area./migrate: Migrates legacy connection files that were created with Client Connection Manager to new./w:width /h:height : Specifies the dimensions of the Remote Desktop screen./f: Starts Remote Desktop connection in full-screen mode./console: Connects to the console session of the specified Windows 2000 Server./v:server: Specifies the remote computer to which you want to connect.This article is a continuation of the Enabling Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and MSTSC article. These commands can also be applied to create a remote desktop connection shortcut with custom set parameters. This article explains some of the parameters available when using MSTSC.exe to open a remote desktop connection.

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