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#49
Originally Posted by TrueJournals View Post
sds910: the -0 switch (It's a zero, not an "oh") was something I played with before making this release, but I was never able to see it having any affect on my connection. Perhaps, though, that's because I'm running Windows XP. You can try using whatever switches you want by running rdesktop-cli directly in the command line. I'm unfamiliar with this switch, so if you could give me a bit of a rundown on what it's supposed to do, that would be great.
Yes, of course it's a 0. Brain fart...

On XP, it's not necessary, but it's required on Windows server 2003 in order to connect to the running console session. Without it, you're logging on to a new session with no ability to interact with programs running on the console desktop... and you're potentially launching duplicate iterations of software that's set to run upon login. Y'see? For those of us that need to administer a 2003 box, this is vital...
 

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