Question : terminal sessions time out with a 2 minute warning

windows 2003 session has now exceeded its time limit 2 minutes.
I have looked at every GPO Setting I could find, and in terminal server configuration
and even one suggested fix of it being a possible licensing issue.
None of these have worked. We are running Windows 2003 Server STD.
15 Terminal Users (via wyse winterms).
the message returned is "Session has now exceeded the specified time limit" with
you will be logged off in 2 minutes.
This my first question ever on experts-exchange. I am totally stumped on this.
Thanks -Daniel

Answer : terminal sessions time out with a 2 minute warning

Check this setting in your GPO

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Terminal Services > Sessions

Find the value "Sets a time limit for Terminal Services sessions"

From the Explain tab

"Specifies a time limit for active Terminal Services sessions.

You can use this setting to specify the maximum amount of time a Terminal Services session can be active before it is automatically disconnected.

To use this setting, select Enabled, and then select the desired limit in the Active session limit drop-down list. By default, Terminal Services allows sessions to remain active for an unlimited time.

If the status is set to Enabled, Terminal Services ends active sessions after the specified amount of time. The user receives a two-minute warning before the Terminal Services session ends, which allows the user to save open files and close programs.

If the status is set to Disabled or Not Configured, time limits for active sessions are not specified at the Group Policy level. However, an administrator can specify time limits for active sessions in the Terminal Services Configuration tool.

Note: This setting appears in both Computer Configuration and User Configuration. If both settings are configured, the Computer Configuration setting overrides. Active session limits do not apply to the console session. To specify user sessions to be terminated at time-out, enable the "Terminate session when time limits are reached" setting."

Cheers,

Gary