Remote desktop connections remain active until the logged in user selects “Log Off” from the Start Menu. If a user simply closes the remote desktop window without logging off, the user will still remain logged on.
Unfortunately only up to two simultaneous Remote Desktop connections are allowed by default and active and disconnected sessions are calculated in this connection limit.
If a third simultaneous attempt is made to login to the server “The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections” error will be shown to the user, and they will be unable to complete the login process.
Fortunately, there is a way around this:
If you’re using Windows Server 2003/XP type command below:
mstsc /v:xx.xx.xx.xx /f –console into Start – Run replacing xx.xx.xx.xx with the remote IP
If you’re using Windows Vista/7 type command below:
mstsc /v:xx.xx.xx.xx /f /admin into Start – Run replacing xx.xx.xx.xx with the remote IP
Or you can also using the GUI, type in servername eg: SERVER01 /admin
This will connect you to the remote computer as console/admin.
















