Currently, my desktop running Win7 supports multiple sessions under the same username, which can be annoying if I left an app open on one that I can't access from another. How can I disable this and only allow one session?
Windows – On Windows 7 x64, How to disable multi-session in RDP
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The problem can be solved if you can convince your users to use the product Royal TS, an RDP client program that offers more features than the standard Windows Remote Desktop Client. (version 1.5 is still freeware).
This product actually uses the Windows Remote Desktop ActiveX, but embedded in its own windows. These windows can be organized in tabs, so you can enjoy multi-tab remote desktop. Most important for you, you can define multiple logins, each with its own user name and password (unlike Microsoft's RDC which only remembers the last login). You can even access the same site concurrently through multiple windows with different/same logins for each window. The logins can be organized in a 2-level hierarchical tree.
You can click on the taskbar icon with the middle mouse button to open another instance of the Remote Desktop client. Or, right-click the icon and start another instance from the jumplist.
Alternatively, you may want to have a look at mRemoteNG, which can open multiple RDP connections in a tabbed interface.
Please note that it requires the .NET framework v2 which is not installed in Windows by default (but can be installed through the "Turn Windows features on or off" interface).
Best Answer
You probably have group policy applied to the machine, either locally or from the domain. The relevant policy setting is named "Restrict Remote Desktop Services users to a single Remote Desktop Services session" and can be found here: