Windows 10: Can't RDP into end user PC's

2 Computers on our network were recently updated from Win 10 pro to Win 11 pro. Once this was done, whenever attempting to RDP to those computers, the RDP session will show a blank/black screen and eventually pop up with a connection failure. It attempts to make the connection you can tell because the end user will be signed out of their session. Below are things already done to resolve:Use of WDDM graphics disabledDisabled using UDP for connectingYes, remote desktop service is running...Yes, proper settings are enabled on the client to allow remote sessionsDoesn't seem to work no matter what

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RDP

I guess I am showing my age.

In times past I was able to use RDP to remotely connect from my pc to a remote host pc - provided that remote pc was RDP enabled and the fire-wall was opened for the RDP port.

These days it seems much more complex.

Is there a step-by-step instruction sheet to follow? Or, better, is there an app/utility which configures the host more-or-less automatically?

 

Logging off RDP users

I have several RDS servers that numerous users connect to. (MS Server 2016 and 2012) Everyday at 5:05PM, we have to "logoff" certain users from their sessions. I use Remote Desktop Services Manager to see all the users connected to RDS servers. Manually
I CTRL and select the users I need to logoff. Then right-click and Logoff. Works fine. However,

I want to automate this process and haven't found a way to do so using the following criteria:

1. Needs to be by username. Session ID will change. Username doesn't.

2. I can build a list of usernames (that will be edited as users come in and out of the criteria for logoff - i.e. salespersons come and go)

3. Would like some sort of script that references the usernames on the list then searches for RDP connections they may have.

4. If found, the user will be logged off their session.

NOTE - CANNOT "kill" or "reset" the connection. Logging off allows the software they're using on the remote server to be properly closed before dumping the session.

5. This script process can be Task Scheduled on each of the remote servers and set to execute at 5:05PM daily (M-F) or it can look for these users and perform the logoff via the Remote Desktop Services Manger on my PC..

Open to any ideas.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Dennie

 

Current active users that are friends

The other reason I suggested this is that users can add characters to their username that are not alphanumeric (e.g. user*). This confuses things somewhat when looking at the list.