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What is the significance of the /admin switch in mstsc.exe?
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What benefits/risks does the /admin switch for mstsc.exe confer? How is this different from logging in with an Administrator account, without the switch?
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From http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947723 When you connect to a server that does not have Terminal Server installed. If a member of the Administrators group starts a Remote Desktop session to a Windows Server 2008-based server that does not have t…
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