Look at the group policies on the workstation your remotely accessing with
RDC.

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"MP" <MP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Perhaps I'm missing something, but I don't see how this applies to using
> mstsc to RDP into another workstation. This isn't a server running a full
> blown copy of Terminal Services. Can you help me understand how the URLs
> you
> provided apply?
>
> "Sooner Al [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> There are group policies that may govern this, ie. idle session timeouts.
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/5l3tbt
>>
>> Additionally look at this spread sheet that maps group policies to
>> registry
>> settings.
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
>>
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>> Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows – Desktop User Experience)
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>> "MP" <MP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news39A48D8-E5AF-4E0D-859A-8E53C37827C0@microsoft.com...
>> >I use mstsc to connect from my laptop back to my office desktop. A
>> >recent
>> > change in our desktop image is now causing the desktop session to
>> > terminate
>> > all processes left running 15 minutes after I disconnect. My intent is
>> > to
>> > keep those processes running so I can reconnect to them later. This
>> > worked
>> > until the recent change in our standard windows image.
>> >
>> > Our windows install folks tell me there is a registry change in
>> > HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal
>> > Server\DefaultUserConfiguration that will fix this, but they can't say
>> > just
>> > exactly what the change should be. So far I haven't been able to find
>> > the
>> > right change to make.
>> >
>> > Any pointers to how to keep this idle disconnect from occuring will be
>> > greatly appreciated.
>> >
>>