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Where are you RDPing from? &nbsp;MSTSC before version 6 used a different switch for the console - and that is /console<br />
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/admin is a new switch which came out with Windows Vista and Windows 2008. &nbsp;If you're using Windows XP, then try the /console switch instead.<br />
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Run MSTSC /? for a list of switches.
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Where are you RDPing from?  MSTSC before version 6 used a different switch for the console - and that is /console

/admin is a new switch which came out with Windows Vista and Windows 2008.  If you're using Windows XP, then try the /console switch instead.

Run MSTSC /? for a list of switches.

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Win7 and I am using the following command:<br />
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mstsc /v:x.x.x.x /admin<br />
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it takes me to rdp session on my sbs... and there is NO console session at all?
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Win7 and I am using the following command:

mstsc /v:x.x.x.x /admin

it takes me to rdp session on my sbs... and there is NO console session at all?

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Have to live with that ;-)<br />
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thanks!
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I thought I found the solution in ID: 27306592, but I did not...<br />
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on my SBS2008 I cannot get access to console, as I read /admin switch is ignored. When I rdp I go to rdp session and when I disconnect, some apps do not want to work as they can see rdp session minimized.<br />
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However I have access to Win2008 server and I can log into console (please check the picture below)? How can it be achieved in my sbs? <br />
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&nbsp;<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2011/09_w39/501055/rdp1.png" target="_blank" title="Server2008 (console) (13 KB)"><img alt="Server2008 (console)" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 406px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2011/09_w39/501055/rdp1.png" /></a> <a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2011/09_w39/501056/rdp2.png" target="_blank" title="sbs2008 (no console) (10 KB)"><img alt="sbs2008 (no console)" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 397px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2011/09_w39/501056/rdp2.png" /></a>
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I thought I found the solution in ID: 27306592, but I did not...

on my SBS2008 I cannot get access to console, as I read /admin switch is ignored. When I rdp I go to rdp session and when I disconnect, some apps do not want to work as they can see rdp session minimized.

However I have access to Win2008 server and I can log into console (please check the picture below)? How can it be achieved in my sbs? 

  

RDP to console in 2008 once again...

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.