Taking control with Remote Desktop Services Manager from workstation console

When I run Remote Desktop from the console of my computer Windows 7 I get a message saying that if I run this tool from the console some options are disabled as Remote Control and Connect.
Is there any way to enable these possibilities from the console?
Thanks, VOR

Hi,
No, there is no way to enable them for use from the console.  These features
require that you be within a Remote Desktop session in order to use them.  For RDP 8.0/8.1 sessions the situation is different in that you can now perform a shadow (Remote Control) by launching mstsc.exe with
command line switches even from the console.
-TP

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    (3) HP Compaq t5530 Thin Client
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    Upgrading RDP to the latest version of HP Web site.
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