XP terminal service disconnect....

[John Walker]

Hi,
I'm guessing that this is an issue with XP security. In
our office we have 2000 and XP client machines, both of
which we use periodically to connect to a 2000 server via
terminal services. With the 2000 client we've never
noticed a problem; but with XP, if we leave the TS
session idle for more than about 15 minutes (more or
less), the TS window turns black - if it was minimized -
and gives the "the connection to the remote computer has
been broken" message. We're using the same username to
connect from both machines. Is this an issue with
security settings?

Thanks,
John

 

[John Walker]

Just some more info- After further testing, it appears
that the problem occurs only when the window is
minimized. For example, I connected and left the
terminal service window up, and left the computer alone
for an hour and the connection stayed. But then I
minimized the TS window, checked 10 minutes later, and
the screen was black with a disconnected message.

Thanks again,
John