Terminal Server doesn't logoff when app closed

[Kevin Harms]

Hello,

We currently are using Windows 2003 to run some production
applications. Our terminals sessions do not load the desktop but
rather only open the application to ensure security on our server. In
the past when this application was closed it would log out of the
terminal session so we are able to log back in.

Something changed in the past bit where the terminal session does not
log off when the application is closed, so it leave the session open
with a blue screen. You can hit ctrl-alt-del and select logoff.

Is there a group policy or something I need to change to reenable this
feature? Thanks for help.

 

[Jeff Pitsch]

Re: Terminal Server doesn't logoff when app closed

Most likely this is a process that has not shut down correctly and is
preventing windows from finishing the loggoff process. The next time this
happens, go through process by process and kill each one individually. the
logoff will continue once you kill the process. Once you have identified
the process you can go to HKLM\system\Currentcontrolset/Control\Terminal
Server\SysProcs and then add a REG_DWORD valud with the name of the process
as the value name.

This could also very well be something like Anti-virus program or something
like that causing the problem. Look for any recent updates around the time
it was happening and you may find the solution there.

Jeff Pitsch
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services

"Kevin Harms" <kharms@decorkit.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> We currently are using Windows 2003 to run some production
> applications. Our terminals sessions do not load the desktop but
> rather only open the application to ensure security on our server. In
> the past when this application was closed it would log out of the
> terminal session so we are able to log back in.
>
> Something changed in the past bit where the terminal session does not
> log off when the application is closed, so it leave the session open
> with a blue screen. You can hit ctrl-alt-del and select logoff.
>
> Is there a group policy or something I need to change to reenable this
> feature? Thanks for help.