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Can I start a console session from a XP SP3 or Vista SP1 client like in Vista without sp and XP SP2?

With the old RDP client versions up to 6, you were able to connect to console sessions of your terminal server by using mstsc /console” command.

In XP SP3 and vista SP1 there is no such switch, and now you have to use the /admin switch.

To me, it seems pointless but on the internet they claim that this is due to an architectural change in the Windows Server 2008. Session 0 is not an interactive session, it is only used for services, and this way /console session is not different from any other session that is connected to Windows 2008 terminal services.

The /admin switch is now used to access only a session which is free of Terminal Services CALs.