How to force a login for an administrator when using Remote Desktop Connection and fast user switching enabled?

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Published on 2011-02-22T19:53:28Z Indexed on 2011/02/22 23:28 UTC
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Scenario:

I am at work. I want to remote desktop into my machine at home. Problem is, my 5-year-old daughter is playing games on Starfall.com (or something similar) on her (non-admin) account. When I attempt to connect I see this message:

Another user is currently logged on to this computer. If you continue, this user has to disconnect from this computer. Do you want to continue?

I click Yes and then see

Please wait for 'UserName' to respond

This presents my daughter with an Allow/Disallow dialog on whether to let me connect. She clicks Disallow (or No or whatever it says) and then I see

'UserName' has denied your request

Question:

How can I force my account to log in and disconnect her session?

Additional Info:

My account is an administrator account. My daughter's account is a non-administrator account. Home machine is Windows 7 Pro with fast user switching enabled. Turning off fast user switching is not an option (Kyle pointed out in his answer that turning it off would allow the admin to force another user off). I would keep fast user switching's ability to change accounts without closing the previous account's session over being able to force myself to connect.

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