How to get RDP access again with multiple sessions on a machine

How to get RDP access again with multiple sessions on a machine

You may run into this scenario from time to time:

I am unable to RDP or TS into a server remotely because 2 people are logged in and the console port is in use.

Let’s just say that the people or person occuping the maximum number of allowed connections(including console) is new and doesn’t realize that they need to actually disconnect the session and not just click the ‘x’. So you are an admin too but you can’t RDP in. Here is an alternative method:

1. Locate a machine that is running the same OS. In this case it was WIN2K8. You can obtain a remote prompt on that machine by using psexec.exe from:
   

   http://www.hpdit.com/sysinternals/psexec.exe

   Then you will want to query the terminal server of the machine you are not able to RDP into. (Discussed later)

2. Copy the binary by clicking into it and saving locally to a place where you can find and execute it easily from the command line.
3. Press Windows key and R and then type in cmd and press enter.
4. CD to the directory you saved the psexec.exe binary and run the following command:psexec -u domain\admin_creds \\servername cmd

   *Note you can always verify you have a remote command line prompt by checking the hostname as follows:

   hostname

   Press enter and it will produce the system’s hostname

5. Press enter and type in the password of the user with the admin creds and press enter.
6. Then do a query of terminal sessions by doing the following:query session /server:servername
7. Look for the sessions to pop up and find the desireable one to end.
8. End it by typing in the following:reset session [ID] /server:servername
9. You can re-run that query again to determine that the session has been disconnected.
10. Exit out of that prompt by typing exit and then pressing enter.
11. Launch an RDP session ie.

mstsc /v:servername

A connection.

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Removing Artio . cz and / or Kanga Internet . com meta tags / link from your Joomla pages

The Issue:  A spammer places their Website links in all your page’s metadata
The problem with Joomsef is that although it is great it has a down side SEO. The standard Joomsef component has advertising used in it and this is produced in the form of the Meta Generator tag in the pages displayed. This can affect website ranking in search engines. It also bloats the meta tag information with no relational ad content. There can also be output at the bottom of the pages that have a link to the Joomsef website, in my case Kanga Internet.
The Joomsef 1.5.1 version still has a file called signature.b64 included with it. This file is checked in every call or click on the website links. The signature file is a base 64 encoded string that, when decoded, contains the a HTML link to Artio. Simply removing the base 64 file will not work and removing the mention of the base 64 file from within the calling PHP code will not work so I have modified the code to not even look for the file and removed all checking for it. The code is quicker as it doesnt do a all the processing, decoding, placement, checking and the display of the advert that would normally happen on every click.

After locating the file signature.b64 open it for edit.  You will want to copy the entire text string then commence decoding of Base 64.  It should look something like this:

PGJyIC8+PHNwYW4+PGEgaHJlZj1cImh0dHA6Ly93d3cua

2FuZ2FpbnRlcm5ldC5jb21cIiB0aXRsZT1$

There are many Base 64 decoders online as well as downloadable programs+source code.  Use one of them to decode the string and you will see it reveals clearly what these spammers seek to spam your pages with:

Now like some of you I am sure you went and installed KangaInternet’s solution under misleading pretences from KangaInternet.bomb (hopefully) that they were providing us a wonderful service by riding the software of Artio.cz’s spam, well not only did they do that, but well like Gollum’s love for the ring they also could not put down the spamming and well in my case they opted to put their own website link, which really upset a lot of web masters developers including myself.  I don’t know about you, but no one likes to be mislead into thinking someone is giving the community back a solution only to find out that they have been tricked into having a very similar spam problem from in this case kangainternet.  Plus, Kanga internet didn’t write the code, Artio did, also what relational content does Kanga Internet provide to my website, so yes having these foolish tags in your pages will simple hurt your ranking in Google and boost some dumb chap’s shoddy company, I would call these acts grayhat SEO, some might say blackhat.  Anyways what a relief it is to not have that junk in my pages.

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