I regularly connect to a server running Windows 2003 R2 using Remote Desktop. This server is used as a gateway to the production machines. Recently whenever I log on I receive a message saying that Automatic Update has installed updates and the server needs to be restarted. If I select the Restart Now option I always get a message saying that other users are connected and a restart may cause them to lose data.
My questions are:
- Will I always receive this message when I am connected through remote desktop because I am classed as an "other user"?
- Is there any way I can tell whether there really are any other users logged on?
- If I execute the restart from Remote Desktop will I still be able to log back on after the machine has restarted?
Best Answer
I'm not 100% on this one, but I think so.
Terminal Services Manager will let you know which terminals are in use.
Yep - we do it often but you have to be careful because sometimes the system hangs when rebooting remotely. It seems to happen less if you use the dos shutdown command with the /r /f switches.