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Scenario:
I am at work. I want to remote desktop into my machine at home. Problem is, my 5-year-old daughter is playing games on Starfall.com (or something similar) on her (non-admin) account. When I attempt to connect I see this message:
Another user is currently logged on to this computer. If you continue, this user has to disconnect from this computer. Do you want to continue?
I click Yes and then see
Please wait for 'UserName' to respond
This presents my daughter with an Allow/Disallow dialog on whether to let me connect. She clicks Disallow (or No or whatever it says) and then I see
'UserName' has denied your request
Question:
How can I force my account to log in and disconnect her session?
Additional Info:
My account is an administrator account. My daughter's account is a non-administrator account. Home machine is Windows 7 Pro with fast user switching enabled.
Note In my case, turning off fast user switching is not an option. Kyle pointed out in his answer that turning it off would allow the admin to force another user off. I'm accepting his answer and it identifies the issue, even though it doesn't solve my exact problem. I need to keep fast user switching's ability to change accounts without closing the previous account's session over being able to force myself to connect.
I'd prefer to keep fast user switching on as I don't want to log off existing sessions, e.g., if my wife is in the middle of something on her account and has unsaved work. If it's an either/or scenario, I'll stick with fast user switching over being able to force myself in. Question updated to reflect this clarification. – brett rogers – 2011-02-22T20:17:46.907
1Short of a hack there is nothing you can do... Good question though I hope someone has a work around.... – Supercereal – 2011-02-22T20:34:04.127
As Kyle said: It's either disable Fast User Switching or apply an RDP hack to allow multiple concurrent sessions (which would technically violate your Windows 7 license agreement with MS). – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2011-02-22T21:07:00.810
Even though this isn't the exact answer I was looking for (because it sounds like there is no answer for what I want given my context), I'm going to accept this answer because it identifies the issue. – brett rogers – 2011-02-24T19:23:49.783
1Glad I (and @techie007) could help out, sorry there isn't a fix for this... – Supercereal – 2011-02-24T19:26:24.050