{"id":24253,"date":"2022-02-02T14:26:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/logging-onto-your-windows-server-using-console-mode\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T06:18:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T06:18:46","slug":"logging-onto-your-windows-server-using-console-mode","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/logging-onto-your-windows-server-using-console-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"Logging onto your Windows server using Console Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This article will show you How to Log onto your Windows server using Console Mode&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"WordSection1\">\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><strong>Step 1.<\/strong><span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Click on &#8220;Start&#8221; and then select &#8220;Run&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Picture_x0020_1\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dii aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33031644305\/original\/9j_E2PqWMs2JFRAZIeCJtBQIW8W5qxF1HA.png?1570614144\" alt=\"Logging onto your Windows server using Console Mode\" width=\"385\" height=\"212\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><strong>Step 2.<\/strong><span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Type in &#8220;mstsc \/console&#8221; and click on &#8220;OK&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Picture_x0020_2\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dii aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33031644306\/original\/z6AATQMvl6zQFsHrfMz-DU1Aqcc7ODxZ4A.png?1570614145\" width=\"365\" height=\"229\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 3.<\/strong> Enter your Dedicated Servers IP address and click on &#8220;Connect&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You can now enter in your login details as normal to login to the server.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article will show you How to Log onto your Windows server using Console Mode&nbsp; Step 1.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Click on &#8220;Start&#8221; and then select &#8220;Run&#8221; Step 2.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Type in &#8220;mstsc \/console&#8221; and click on &#8220;OK&#8221; Step 3. 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