# Terminal Server 2003 Strange Behavior

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terminal-server-2003-strange-behavior/644532>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 19, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terminal-server-2003-strange-behavior/644532 "2012-12-19T15:45:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4bbf92/32.png) [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Hamsandwich)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terminal-server-2003-strange-behavior/644532/1 "2012-12-19T15:45:52Z")

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I’m logged into an old Win Terminal Server 2003 via the console as Admin. There is a virtual printing program installed so that when end users also logged in under their profiles print to it, a filing screen pops up for them where they can view the document they just printed, enter the filing criteria for it and save the document in a database. This is all well and good. However, logged in as Admin via the console, I shouldn’t be seeing the filing screen pop up whenever an end user prints to this program. Why am I seeing it?

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**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terminal-server-2003-strange-behavior/644532/2 "2012-12-19T16:33:46Z")

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Because the program is an old one (or the source is old and not corrected) and likely is designed to pop up a wndow on the console. Not sure the technical means to program this (it’s beyond me) but the assumption on the program is that there only is the console. I haven’t seen this behaviour since warning messages on some HP print drivers (I think it was) on Windows NT4 almost 15 years ago, with the first Citrix servers.

I think you need an updated version of the software, or the users (one at a time) login with the “/console” option.

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**Author:** ![Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4bbf92/32.png) [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Hamsandwich)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terminal-server-2003-strange-behavior/644532/3 "2012-12-19T16:43:58Z")

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Thanks **md2000**. Is there any way I can suppress the program from popping up under my Admin account?