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Terminal server has exceeded the max

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by jsarinana

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After allowing another user to remotely use termianl 2000 I'm getting the following error when I try to login
"The terminal server has exceeeded the max number of allowed connections"

Where can I reset, or clear, or restart this terminal service?

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by acattr

Assuming you are in a 2000 domain and you are logged on as someone with administrative access.

from a 2000 workstation. Install the Admin Pack. c:\winnt\system32\adminpak.msi. this will put terminal services manager on your machine. It will show you all the servers running terminal services on the network. Select the server. Find the active session, right click it, and select disconnect or log off.

by acattr

start --> programs --> administrative tools --> terminal services manager.

or

control panel --> administrative tools --> terminal services manager.

by chris.lewis

Logging off of TS is kinda tricky. If you disconnect your TS setting without logging off, the TS connection will continue to run, waiting for the user to reconnect. This will eventually time out, but until then, you loose one of your licensed connections. With a limit of 3 (or is it 5?) for admin mode, you can see the issue.

WHat you want to do is 1) make sure you users "LOGOUT" rather than disconnect.
2) set the TIMEOUT in the RDP for Disconnected sessions to 5 minutes, that way TS willclean itself up.

by jsarinana

? Is closing the termianl the same as disconnecting ? if not how do you logout ? I'm new to terminal. When I click on the upper right cornner and select close on a TS session I get the following message: "This will disconnect your Windows session your programs will continue to run while you are disconnected. You can reconnect to thte session later by logging on again"

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