[AccessD] Connect to Remote desktop sessions

Does anyone know how to connect to a remote desktop session?

I run a VM on my Windows 2003 server. I remote desktop into the server and run the VMWare local host 
server software, fire up the vm and let it run.  I have had instances where I disconnect from the RD 
session and can't connect to that session again.  If anything goes wrong I don't want to reboot the 
server with the VM running.

It just occurred to me that I could probably RD into the VM and shut that down, then even though the 
VMWare server software was running it wouldn't damage my VM to do a reboot.

I just thought I'd ask if anyone out there has seen this issue.

Also, does anyone know if there is a free vmware "bare metal" server software that would allow me to 
set up a VMWare server that runs directly on the hardware instead of on an instance of Windows Server.

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John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com