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.
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.
Never mind. You can delete my comment. This post is only if you use rdp client version 6.1
No worries — I wasn’t very clear about that, so I updated the post. Thanks!