Using The Remote Desktop Switch /console After Installing Microsoft Windows Vista SP1

I thought I would mention about this change in Microsoft Windows Vista SP1. If you have installed SP1 and like me spend most of your day in remote desktop sessions, there is often a need to remote desktop to the console on the server or machine.

Normally one would use mstsc /console /v:127.0.0.1. You will notice that after installing SP1 that /console does not work anymore. Why? Well that’s because Microsoft has decided to change the name to make it more descriptive I guess.

Now you use mstsc /admin /v:127.0.0.1. Basically it’s the change from /console to /admin. You can see this by running mstsc /?

No need to blame your System’s Administrator because you can’t access the console. It’s just Microsoft changing a few important things that we make use of everyday