How do I turn OFF multiple remote desktop sessions in Windows 2003?

[rkoz123]

I run a Gmod 10 server on a computer in my basement. Up until a few days ago I used Windows XP to run it. To manage it, I would use remote desktop to connect to it, and turn off the server, turn it on, fix bugs, etc.

I then installed Windows Server 2003 SP2. I set it up, and it runs fine, but my users complained to me that I have TWO HL2 servers running now. Funny, I connected through remote desktop and only saw one process. STEAM reported two servers, and the server that I saw running through remote desktop used port 27016, instead of 27015 like usual.

I eventually went to the computer downstairs and realized that my local Administrator account was running one server, and each time I connected remotely, my HL2 ServerChecker tool would start up on the new Administrator account and run a second server. I was running two servers at once.

This is because Win 2003 allows multiple user sessions on one account through remote desktop. So my question is, how do I disable this. I want my old Windows XP remote desktop with no multiple sessions. Ironically Google has links on how to hack XP to ENABLE multiple sessions to make it run like 2003, while I want to disable it, does anyone know how to do this. I am totally lost.

[jasondefaoite]

Can you not remote log in with the account which is currently running on the machine (local admin), rather than logging in with a second account which is not active until you log in?

[rkoz123]

  jasondefaoite said:

Can you not remote log in with the account which is currently running on the machine (local admin), rather than logging in with a second account which is not active until you log in?

Thats the thing, its multiple logins per account that I want to disable. I login with the same login name and the same password, but it makes a new session instead of just letting me use the same session already running locally. I want to disable this.

  rkoz123 said:

Thats the thing, its multiple logins per account that I want to disable. I login with the same login name and the same password, but it makes a new session instead of just letting me use the same session already running locally. I want to disable this.

Got it working.

In windows 2003 to connect to the physical session enter the IP then /console and it works.

[Guest]

mstsc.exe /console

You can use Terminal Services Manager to see who is logged in and from where.

[bobbba]

Use group policy to restrict users to a single session (see screenshot)