Disable RDC Welcome Screen in Windows 2008 R2

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Published on 2012-11-07T21:15:46Z Indexed on 2012/11/07 23:02 UTC
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Is there a way to disable or bypass the "Welcome" screen I see when I'm using RDC to log in to a machine using saved credentials?

I have startup task which launches an RDP session automatically to localhost when the machine boots. This works, except that the remote desktop window stops and waits for an "OK" on the Welcome screen:

MACHINENAME-A.B.C.D(Server ID:Console 0)

Welcome

[OK]

This screen is preventing me from automating this login. Is there any way to get around it?

EDIT:

Here's the command line I'm currently using to launch it:

start /min C:\windows\system32\mstsc.exe c:\rdp\ServiceRunner.rdp

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