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If this server is hosting email, then definitely do not power down (yet).<br />
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Do you have another account with administrative rights that you can use to log in?<br />
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And if so, do you still get the same error?<br />
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If you are able to log in, open Remote Desktop Services Manager and see if you can logoff/reset the account in question.
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Thanks Jeffrey, but that gives me an error 'The computer name is blank or it contains invalid characters...'<br />
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I am typing XXX.XXX.XX.XXX/admin
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I have another admin account. &nbsp;So far, when I log in with it it goes to the 'Welcome' screen, then it goes to 'Applying user settings', and seems to be stuck there. &nbsp;So, I ended the session, now back to the same error for both accounts.<br />
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I did have someone onsite look at the server screen and it shows the same as mine, so we cannot log in locally either. &nbsp;So this is a server issue, not an RDC issue??
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Try this locally (it will only be for about a minute or two).<br />
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Pull the network plug on the server.<br />
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Now have the onsite tech attempt to log in.<br />
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If he is able to log in, then reattach the network cable.
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I've seen accounts freeze during logon and doing what @efrimpol recommends worked for me. I believe it has something to do with the profile trying to connect to a domain controller. When you disconnect the network cable it reverts to the local saved credentials and often logs in normal speed. <br />
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Have you tried this?
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I believe that I provided a proper method to access the server. &nbsp;And I'm sure that once he put the space in between the server IP Address and /admin it worked as expected.
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Solution to access server was provided
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Hi Folks,<br />
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I never did get my client to try the login (without the Cat 5 attached) as recommended. by Jeffrey.<br />
Sorry that I did not resolve the question here.<br />
The server is in the same state it was in several months ago.<br />
Wondering what will happen I if I force a reboot by powering the server down manually.<br />
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Thanks for your help and consideration!
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Lee and Kane were the ones who suggested logging via admin console or command line.<br />
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I suggested pulling the network plug on the unit and logging directly via the console.<br />
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You really don't want to do an improper shut down of the server since you stated it is running Exchange services. <br />
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Are you able to get in contact with the client and try to direct log in?
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Also just tried to login with the Cat 5 cable disconnected as recommended by efrimpol - sorry it was not Jeffrey). &nbsp;Same results as before.<br />
Still wondering about a hard reboot in this situation.
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If you MUST shut the server down, then end the services for Exchange Remotely.<br />
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Try this on your computer (you must be a member of Admin Group for this to work):<br />
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Start, Control Panel Administrative Tools Services.<br />
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You will see the services running on your computer. Now select Action Connect to another computer.<br />
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Type in the FQDN or IP address of the server.<br />
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It may take a while but hopefully it will list the services running on the remote server.<br />
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Now you safely end services relating to Exchange (this will probably start with MS Exchange).<br />
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This link talks about creating a script to do this:<br />
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<a href="http://exchange.sembee.info/2007/shutdown-script.asp" rel="ugc">http://exchange.sembee.info/2007/shutdown-script.asp</a><br />
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but I would just look at the services being listed so you can see what order to shut the services down.<br />
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If you succeed in doing this, then yes, you can safely reboot the server.
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Now you safely end services relating to Exchange (this will probably start with MS Exchange).<br />
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What I mean is that the services being listed would start with MSEXCHANGE...
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I recently started working on an old and scary server. &nbsp;Today I tried to log off the administrator from Remote Desktop. &nbsp;It took a long time to complete so I ended the remote session. &nbsp;Now when I try to log in again with Remote Desktop, I get the following error from the server after entering my password.<br />
&quot;The requested operation cannot be completed because the terminal connection ... busy processing a connect, disconnect, reset, or delete operation&quot;<br />
Can I force a power down of the server and hope or expect that it will come back up??<br />
Right now I am dead in the water. &nbsp;Oddly the server is hosting emails on Exchange 2007 and the email is still working!
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I recently started working on an old and scary server.  Today I tried to log off the administrator from Remote Desktop.  It took a long time to complete so I ended the remote session.  Now when I try to log in again with Remote Desktop, I get the following error from the server after entering my password.
"The requested operation cannot be completed because the terminal connection ... busy processing a connect, disconnect, reset, or delete operation"
Can I force a power down of the server and hope or expect that it will come back up??
Right now I am dead in the water.  Oddly the server is hosting emails on Exchange 2007 and the email is still working!

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