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why do I have to sign off my remote pc after the JAN 2025 update using remote desktop

Anonymous
2025-02-19T17:43:48+00:00

Before JAN update for windows 11 Pro, I used to use remote desktop. I would take over another PC running windows 11 Pro, and just close remote desktop and open it back up and the session would open with me still signed on. It was very to go back into my session on the remote pc or close out and go back in later. So I could my remote PC on with work and go back into it at a later time. Now, after the JAN 2025 update, and all updates are applied through 2/19/2025, if I close out and then go back in, it hangs on my user name on the remote PC and will not log on because i am already logged to the remote pc, and I can't right click START to tell the remote pc to sign off because once that happens it will not be able to go into the session that left earlier logged on. So I have to remember to LOG OUT manually from the remote pc and NOT close remote desktop or else windows will prevent you from logging onto the remote machine after that happens. I did not change any settings, and no settings were changed on the work network, something in the windows updated changed and wrote over settings that control something to do with remote desktop. Is microsoft going to fix this, or are we to manually log off the remote PC to end a remote session??? Help

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-02-20T12:19:47+00:00

    Hello,

    Depending on your needs, here are some possible workarounds:

    1. Switch to the "Users" tab in Task Manager, right-click on the user you want to log out, and select "Sign Out".
    2. Open the Group Policy Editor ('Win + R', type 'gpedit.msc'). Navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Remote Desktop Services > Connections. Enable the policy by finding the "Deny logging admins who are already connected to console sessions" policy. If needed, you can also configure the End Disconnected Session policy to set up automatic logout after disconnection.
    3. Open a command prompt with administrator privileges and type 'query user' to see all connected users. Use the 'logoff username' command to log out a specific user.
    4. If the problem appears after an update, try uninstalling the most recent Windows update to see if that resolves the issue.
    5. You can try to set up an auto-logout policy through Group Policy to automatically log out of the session after a certain period of time when the user is disconnected.

    I hope this information helps.

    Best regards,

    Jingjing Wu

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