Free Hamachi Disconnects when Remote Desktop Connection Disconnects

[helpmeplease2]

I sometimes use Free Hamachi to access my PC from elsewhere but the performance is slow, I assume because I have slow internet Upload speeds.

So I have tried Remote Desktop Connection, which works. But when I disconnect Remote Desktop Connection, logmein Hamachi also disconnects on the remote pc so I cant access it again.

Searching the knowledge base and internet it seems people think running the following .bat file before disconnecting solves this problem. They also confirm this is a known problem with free hamachi.

tscon 0 /dest:console
tscon 1 /dest:console
tscon 2 /dest:console
Rundll32.exe User32.dll,LockWorkStation

Questions:

1. Do I run this on my pc I am using or on the remote pc I am accessing using Remote Desktop connection?

2. It does not seem to work on either (all I notice is that I get my user logon screen and I enter my password, nothing else visible happens)....but Hamachi still disconnects.

3. After running the .bat file what should I do next? I still have Remote Desktop Connection running on my pc so I close it.

4. I dont understand the last line of the .bat (I assume I need it?)

ps. I understand once I find my session id using query user I might only need 1 of the first 3 lines of the .bat file.

Thanks!!

[helpmeplease2]

Clarification:

2. It does not seem to work on either (all I notice is that I get my user logon screen and I enter my password, nothing else visible happens)....but Hamachi still disconnects (I ASSUME AFTER I close REMOTE DESKTOP CONNECTION in step 3 below).

[Vitor_M]

Did you by any chance install Hamachi durring a RDP session? because if so you'll need to uninstall and then reinstall Hamachi while you're locally infront of the machine. 

[helpmeplease2]

No - I have been using Hamachi for a while before I tried to use RDP.

[deroby]

I de-installed the software again (complete, allowed it remove user-settings and everything) via RDP.

Then attached a screen and keyboard and installed it directly on the machine.

=> does not make a difference, when I disconnect my RDP session (either directly over the LAN or via Hamachi).

It seems the Hamachi software simply goes offline whenever it notices there is no-one sitting behind the screen.

[GuiX]

I'm a having exactly the same behaviour. Is there any solution?

[deroby]

Sadly no. Someone said I should have a look at pfsense, but I haven't gotten around to doing so yet.

[GuiX]

This is the work around I am using:

1.- Create the text file "KeepMeIn.bat" containing:

     @echo off
     set /p pass=Enter password:
     for /f "tokens=3 delims= " %%a in ('qwinsta^| findstr "Act"') do set SessionID=%%a
     tscon %SessionID% /dest:console /password:%pass% && Rundll32.exe User32.dll,LockWorkStation

2.- Place the file in "C:\Program Files (x86)" or equivalent

3.- Right click on "KeepMeIn.bat" --> Send to --> Desktop (Create a shortcut) or equivalent

4.- Right click over the shortcut --> Properties --> Advanced Options --> Run as administrator

Instead of using the "X" to close the session or Windows --> Disconnect , use the shortcut. It redirects the GUI to the console and keeps it open allowing Hamachi to keep connected.

I hope this helps.

Regards

GuiX

[boroda2k]

Thanks, that worked for me.

[Spenteacher88]

Could you tell me that I have to put where it says "Enter password:"? Thank you