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Looking at the application log I found that rdpcorekmts.dll was throwing an error every time a RDP session was trying to start. &nbsp;So after googling this I found <a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/f5855b60-f29c-4c90-b364-e364589e5267/svchostexetermservice-crashes-after-installation-of-kb2621440?forum=winservergen" rel="ugc nofollow">this arctile</a> on the technet forums. &nbsp;After I re-installed the kb2667402 update RDP started working like normal again.
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Looking at the application log I found that rdpcorekmts.dll was throwing an error every time a RDP session was trying to start.  So after googling this I found this arctile [http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/f5855b60-f29c-4c90-b364-e364589e5267/svchostexetermservice-crashes-after-installation-of-kb2621440?forum=winservergen] on the technet forums.  After I re-installed the kb2667402 update RDP started working like normal again.

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I have a user who once a week needs to RDP to her machine from home. &nbsp;She goes about this through citrix. &nbsp;However now she can no longer access the computer, and I can't RDP to it from any machine on our network. &nbsp;I get the &quot;Can't connect to this machine&quot; notice when I try. &nbsp;I notice that the &quot;Remote Desktop Services&quot; service isn't started, and when I start it, it works fine. &nbsp;However when I log off it shuts the service down and I start getting the &quot;can't connect&quot; error again. &nbsp;I go start it manually, and the connection works. &nbsp;Why wouldn't this service start when I initiate the RDP session? &nbsp;I've tried setting the service to automatic start but that doesn't seem to help.
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I have a user who once a week needs to RDP to her machine from home.  She goes about this through citrix.  However now she can no longer access the computer, and I can't RDP to it from any machine on our network.  I get the "Can't connect to this machine" notice when I try.  I notice that the "Remote Desktop Services" service isn't started, and when I start it, it works fine.  However when I log off it shuts the service down and I start getting the "can't connect" error again.  I go start it manually, and the connection works.  Why wouldn't this service start when I initiate the RDP session?  I've tried setting the service to automatic start but that doesn't seem to help.

Can no longer RDP to desktop, service not starting?

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