Disconnect results in multiple sessions

[Ken Doerbecker]

I have a win 2k server running terminal server in
application mode. There are 7 possible clients that can
connect with 3 being the normal number of simultaneous
clients. They automatically launch a MSDE driven database
application using the .rdp file to launch it.
When they "disconnect" the username remains in
a "disconnected" status using a session. he next time
they connect, another session is started. Sometimes the
same user at the same machine is logged in a dozen times.
As this number grows, performance wanes to the point of
seeming lockup. MSDE in particular seems affected by this.
If the client logs off rather than disconnecting this
does not seem to happen. However, we have had a difficult
time getting the users to do this. Plus sometimes the
Internet connection we are using to interconnect the
clients locks up and forces a disconnect.
Is there some way to configure the server to avoid this??
Thanks,
Ken

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

You can set a time-out on disconnected sessions and automatically
reset them after a couple of minutes. This isdone on the properties
window of the rdp-tcp connection.