How to Disable Terminal Service Logins
If you’re ever working on a terminal server, you know that it can be annoying to have users login and disturb whatever you’re doing. Luckily, there’s a quick and easy way to stop them from logging in. Use the "change logon" command.
The syntax is:
change logon {/query /enable /disable}
To disable logons:
change logon /disable
Now when clients attempt to login, they will get the message “Remote logins are currently disabled”. And you can work in peace.
To enable logons:
change logon /enable
To check logon status:
change logon /query
If you find that you’ve disabled logons and you can’t get back in, you can login to the console (mstsc.exe /console) and change the setting. The restriction doesn’t affect console logins. Also, if the server reboots, the setting reverts back to being enabled.
Thanks to Chris Amaris for the tip!
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posted by Jeff @ 8:34 AM
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I run into this issue a lot on the Windows XP based test machines that are shared by a few developers. Is there an equivalent command in XP?
Terminal services is only supported on Windows server platforms. Are you asking how to prevent users from logging onto an XP workstation?
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