Terminal Services: Remote Desktop MSTSC switches

For those of you working with multiple machines (windows workstations or servers), here are a few useful switches to know when you are working w/ Remote Desktop:

For servers: /console is extremely useful if you use a standard and shared account w/ some of your colleagues

For workstations (and/or servers): /f, /v and /span are very useful based on your use (support vs actual work on the remote machines)

I would also recommend making your own RDP definition file(s)

1. Launch mstsc (Start. Run, “MSTSC” and Enter)
2. Create an RDP by providing the computer name or IP address as well as by specifying the various options based on your preferences
3. Save the RDP in your favorite shortcut location (or desktop) by clicking on
4. You can now simply launch your connection by either double clicking your newly created shortcut:
    
   or
   by typing MSTSC and your connection name (assuming your shortcut location is in the PATH environment variable or by adding the path to the RDP connection) at the command prompt