To keep Windows Remote Desktop Connection sessions from timing out during a test, the Terminal Services on each machine should be configured as follows:

1. Click Start, point to Programs (or Control Panel), Administrative Tools and choose Terminal Services

2. Configuration.

3. Open the Connections folder in tree by clicking it once.

4. Right-click RDP-Tcp and select Properties.

5. Click the Sessions tab.

6. Make sure "Override user settings" is checked.

7. Set Idle session limit to the maximum of 2 days instead of the default 2 hours.

8. Click Apply.

9. Click OK to confirm message "Configuration changes have been made to the system registry; however, the user session now active on the RDP-Tcp connection will not be changed."