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I have looked at many solutions online for the issue that I am having but they just don't seem to be applicable.
I have a VPN connection and I am trying to remote desktop into a computer over the VPN. The error message that I receive is: "Your computer could not connect to another console session on the remote computer because you already have a console session in progress."
I haven't had to connect to the VPN and remote into this computer for a long time, but it worked just fine before and nothing has changed on the remote end. My colleague is able to connect to the VPN and remote in. I am able to ping the computer. I haven't had issues with remote desktop on other networks -- as a matter of fact, I've been using it all day. I really don't know what else it could be ...
Edit
I am now having the exact same problem at another remote site when trying to remote desktop into a computer (still connected with VPN). Again, only my laptop is experiencing this problem. Right now, to get around the issue, I got another laptop from IT and I am using that to remote desktop.
"you already have a console session in progress"
. Have you ensured your account is not already/currently logged into that computer (perhaps in a "disconnected" and/or hung state)? – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2015-07-27T19:37:45.547How can confirm this? Secondly, my colleague logged in on his computer, so that session should be disconnected once he did that -- only one user can be logged in at a time. – jaromey – 2015-07-27T20:17:48.087
Can you start a normal session? Console sessions generally require the
/admin
or/console
switches. – ssnobody – 2015-07-27T22:14:07.387Actually, it is a normal session that I was trying to start. The error message is a bit misleading. – jaromey – 2015-07-27T23:02:58.483