Overview

Remote desktop is one of my favorite Windows features. That’s one of the reasons why I only use Windows with professional+ edition.

Everyone who have used remote desktop knows that the host will be locked after the remote session is logged out. Sometimes this characteristic is not convenient to us. I found a tricks to work-around it on XP Pro.

Reference

Can I stop Remote Desktop from locking host?

Steps

The secret is very simple: run ”tscon.exe 0 /dest:console” command on the remote computer.

This command will terminate the remote desktop session and left the remote computer unlocked. It is tested on XP Pro (Doubt that it  would work on Vista/Win7)