# MS Win 03 Server Disconnects Local Desktop Apps?

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**Created:** [November 18, 2005, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-win-03-server-disconnects-local-desktop-apps/331657 "2005-11-18T16:08:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-win-03-server-disconnects-local-desktop-apps/331657/1 "2005-11-18T16:08:47Z")

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I just got off the phone with a vendor that sells a specialty client-server application.  
Their support representative said that one of their applications has a problem with Windows 2003 Server that doesn’t exist in Windows 2000 Server.  
Apparently they have an application [named RouterApp for purposes of this discussion] (complete with character-mode display) that exists to push inbound network traffic created by a proprietary application for end users [UserApp] from the OS to a service on the machine [nicknamed EndService].  
The rep indicated that 2003 Server has a habit of disconnecting desktop applications, which renders UserApp unable to talk to EndService.  
Is this normal?  
Does '03 Server disconnect local sessions like terminal service sessions get disconnected?  
A quick googling didn’t find this for me.  
And before anyone asks, yes, the vendor is in the process of acting right and making their RouterApp into a real Windows service and not a desktop application.