Windows 2003 Terminal Server

Do you have these permissions?

it makes sense.... When the 2003 server is first installed it assumes it will take you a while to get the lic server set up, so from the time the first user logs in via terminal services it gives you 120 days to get the lic server in place. After 120 days it requires that the users logging in are in the "Remote Desktop User Group" or that they have the "Terminal Server User Access Right". There are also licence requirements needless to say :-P Anyway, that sounds like what happened in your case, you made no changes but the 120 days expired (rember it is from the first terminal services login, not since the server went in). Because the DC is win2k the "Remote Desktop User" group is not there :-( [it should be in the AD users + Groups under built in accounts]. This is where i am stuck myself at the moment :-) Trying to fix an almost identical problem. As a work around for the admins, install VNC as a service. It will allow you access to the server desktop via the viewer. its not ideal but it means you can do SOME stuff as before. hope this helps. S

Woohoo!!!!! got it :-) as ever you feel feel foolish when you get it :P go into the terminal server config, right click the connection and go to properties. In there you need to add the users that can terminal server in :-) you'll still need to get lics though. hope this fixes it for you too :) S