MS RDP Client: /console is now /admin
By Bob Plankers on Feb 17, 2008 in Featured, System Administration
Trying to use the Microsoft Remote Desktop Client (mstsc.exe) to connect to the console of a remote Windows machine? Coming from Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, or Windows Server 2008, or XP SP3? The old style of:
host.name.com /console
not working? It tells you “An unknown parameter was specified in computer name field?” Yeah, with RDP 6.1 they changed it to:
host.name.com /admin
Props to my colleague Steve Tanner for the tip. More information can be found at the Terminal Services Team Blog.
3 Comment(s)
By afokkema on Feb 17, 2008 | Reply
This is weird. I’am working with an RDP connection to a Windows Server 2008 Enterprise and i can still use the /console parameter.
I’am connecting from a Windows XP SP2 with the latest rdp client available for XP installed.
By afokkema on Feb 17, 2008 | Reply
Never mind. You can delete my comment. This post is only if you use rdp client version 6.1
By Bob Plankers on Feb 17, 2008 | Reply
No worries — I wasn’t very clear about that, so I updated the post. Thanks!