remote desktop resets resolution on target machine

[Jules]

i'm having a very strange problem:

1. machine1 (xp pro sp2) is running at 1600x1200
2. machine2 (xp pro sp2) is running at 1920x1200
3. i remote desktop from machine2 to machine1 and work in full screen mode
(1600x1200)
4. i disconnect
5. i go to machine1 and unlock and the screen resolution changes to 1024x768

this only happens with one of the many many machines i remote desktop into.

any ideas what could be causing this? it's extremely annoying breaking my
workflow because all the applications get squeezed when i unlock machine1

i've tried using windowed remote desktop with the same result.

 

[Jules]

| i'm having a very strange problem:
|
| 1. machine1 (xp pro sp2) is running at 1600x1200
| 2. machine2 (xp pro sp2) is running at 1920x1200
| 3. i remote desktop from machine2 to machine1 and work in full screen mode
| (1600x1200)
| 4. i disconnect
| 5. i go to machine1 and unlock and the screen resolution changes to
1024x768
|
| this only happens with one of the many many machines i remote desktop
into.
|
| any ideas what could be causing this? it's extremely annoying breaking my
| workflow because all the applications get squeezed when i unlock machine1
|
| i've tried using windowed remote desktop with the same result.

okay, i've figured out the problem. pretty interesting. basically,
machine1 will revert to the resolution settings of the Administrator user!
i logged in as the administrator and it switched me to 1024x768. with a
raise eyebrow i changed the resolution to 1600x1200 for the admin user.
logged out. went through the repro steps above and all was well.

....