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I have a Windows 2008 VPS and connect to it using Remote Desktop Connection (mstsc.exe). I run on it an app that does some tasks simulating keystrokes. It runs perfectly when i'm logged on the VPS and most of the time, i'm logged on it.
But when my workday ends i turn off my computer and disconnect the RDC and this is when the problem starts : if i'm not logged, the app that simulate keystrokes won't work properly. The VPS is still running and the session is still active, but everything that simulates keystrokes does not work.
Is there a way to change this behaviour ? I want the machine to run all the time exactly how it runs when i'm connect to RDC.
Thanks !
Thank you for the info ; any ideas of free applications that could achieve this task ? – delphirules – 2016-05-03T11:34:29.790
Teamviewer is free for non commercial use, that is what I use – Scott Chamberlain – 2016-05-03T12:52:24.537
I download it and runned it on the machine. But even with it running, if i log out from RDC, the error persists. Should i do anything else ? – delphirules – 2016-05-03T17:40:43.567
Once you install the service restart it once from the service manager. – Scott Chamberlain – 2016-05-03T17:47:31.373
It's installed, i restarted the service from services.msc, but still when i disconnect from RDC, the app keystrokes don't work :( – delphirules – 2016-05-03T19:19:22.240
You shouldn't be using RDC to connect anymore, you should be using TeamViewer to connect. – Scott Chamberlain – 2016-05-03T20:20:39.140
I understood. I tried it but i get the following error : "“The screen cannot be captured at the moment. This is probably due to fast user switching or a disconnected/minimized Remote Desktop session.”. I'm searching for it. – delphirules – 2016-05-03T20:35:23.007
If it is still doing that after restarting the service that means your VPS provider has disabled the console session. Either you need better software that does the same goal without faking keypresses or you need to pay for a more expensive server that is not a VPS and is a actual full stand alone server. – Scott Chamberlain – 2016-05-03T20:51:35.940