Specifies whether the user is permitted to log on to the Terminal Services server.


Sets the maximum duration for the connection in minutes. You can either select the length of time or type the number of minutes in the Connection box. If you specify a duration, the session is disconnected or terminated after the time elapses. Select No Timeout to allow the connection to continue for an unlimited period.


Sets the maximum duration that a disconnected session is remains active on the server. You can either select the length of time, or type the number of minutes in the Disconnection box. If you specify a duration, a disconnected session is terminated after the time elapses. Select No Timeout to allow disconnected sessions to remain active indefinitely.


Sets the maximum idle time (time without client activity) allowed before the session is disconnected or terminated. You can either select the length of time or type the number of minutes in the Idle box. If you specify a duration, the session is disconnected or terminated after there has been no client activity for that period of time. Select No Timeout to allow clients to remain idle indefinitely.


Click to place a client session in the disconnected state when the connection to the server is broken for any reason, including a request, a connection error, an idle timeout, or a connection timeout.


Click to terminate a client session when the connection to the server is broken for any reason, including a request, a connection error, an idle timeout, or a connection timeout.


Click to allow reconnection to a disconnected session from any computer.

This option is supported only for Citrix ICA-based clients that provide a serial number when connecting.


Click to restrict reconnection to a disconnected session to the computer that started the session.

This option is supported only for Citrix ICA-based clients that provide a serial number when connecting.


Specifies whether to start the program that the user has specified to run when logging on.

If cleared, overrides the user’s choice and runs the program specified in the Command Line box when the user logs on to the Terminal Services server.


Specifies the working directory path for the application that you want to start when the user logs on to the Terminal Services server.


Specifies the path and file name of the application that you want to start when the user logs on to the Terminal Services server.


Specifies whether to automatically reconnect to mapped client drives.


Specifies whether to automatically reconnect to mapped client printers.


Specifies whether to automatically print to the client’s default printer.


Enables a roaming or mandatory user profile for use when the user logs on to a Terminal Services server.

To enable a roaming or mandatory profile, in User Profile, type the network path in this form: \\server name\profiles folder name\user name. For example, \\puma\profiles\johnch.

To assign a mandatory user profile, in User Profile, type the network path in this form: \\server name\profiles folder name\user profile name. For example, \\puma\profiles\clerks.

To assign the profile, start Control Panel, double-click System, and then click the User Profiles tab to copy a preconfigured profile to the profile path location. Then, rename the NTUser.dat file in the user profile as NTUser.man.

The Terminal Services profile path is used for logging on to Terminal Services servers only.

If you specify a profile path for logging on to Windows  NT, the path is also used for logging on to Terminal Services servers unless you specify a Terminal Services profile path here.


Each user on a Terminal Services server should have a unique home directory. This ensures that application information is stored separately for each user in the multiuser environment.

To specify a directory on the local server, type a path in Local Path. For example, c:\users\johnch.

If you specify only the home directory for Windows NT, that home directory is used for both Windows NT and Terminal Services.

If you specify only the Terminal Server home directory, the default home directory is used for Windows NT, and the specified home directory is used for Terminal Services.


Each user on Terminal Services server should have a unique home directory. This ensures that application information is stored separately for each user in the multiuser environment.

To specify a shared network directory, select a drive letter in Connect, and then type a path in the To box. For example, select drive J and then type \\airedale\users\claym.

If you specify only the home directory for Windows NT, that home directory is used for both Windows NT and Terminal Services.

If you specify only the Terminal Server home directory, the default home directory is used for Windows NT, and the specified home directory is used for Terminal Services.


Each user on a Terminal Services server should have a unique home directory. This ensures that application information is stored separately for each user in the multiuser environment.

To specify a shared network directory, select a drive letter in Connect, and then type a path in the To box. For example, select drive J and then type \\airedale\users\claym.

If you specify only the home directory for Windows NT, that home directory is used for logging on to both Windows NT and Terminal Services.

If you specify only the Terminal Server home directory, the default home directory is used for logging on to Windows NT, and the specified home directory is used for logging on to Terminal Services.


Specifies whether to enable remote observation or control of the user’s session.


Specifies whether to display a message on the client that asks permission to view or take part in the session.


Click to monitor the user's session.


Click to actively control the user’s session with your keyboard and mouse.