I have a Windows 7 PC that I RDP into when I work remotely. I'm having an issue where this machine logs me out completely whenever I end the RDP session. I am not initiating a logoff. This happens when I click the "X" in the remote desktop bar, or if I lose the network connection for some reason. The next time I RDP back into it, or log in from the console, I get a completely new session. This is particularly annoying when I have a shaky internet connection and I have to run something that takes a few hours to complete.
I have checked the Event Viewer to see if there's anything that looks unusual, but I might not know what I'm looking for, even if I see it. The only event that I see that is close to the time of logoff is an actual Logoff event in the Security sub-section of the Windows Logs section:
An account was logged off.
Subject:
Security ID: domain\username
Account Name: username
Account Domain: domain
Logon ID: 0x1377093d6
Logon Type: 3
This event is generated when a logon session is destroyed. It may be positively correlated with a logon event using the Logon ID value. Logon IDs are only unique between reboots on the same computer.
I checked the Group Policy (under Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Remote Desktop Services\Remote Desktop Session Host\Session Time Limits
) to see if there was a timeout set for inactive sessions, and I experimented with changing the values of these settings, but nothing seems to affect it.
"Logged in remotely from..."
When you are logged off, that little message should disappear (does it disappear when you are auto-disconnected?) – JonathanDavidArndt Jul 22 '17 at 2:09