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VNC in a seprate Session on a WinXP box?
After reading the following post: http://www.golod.com/2005/10/enabling-multiple-remote-desktop-sessions-in-windows-xp-professional-and-media-center-edition-2005/
I found that it is possible to use RDP on a "WinXP" or "Win Media Center" box to run multiple sessions (meaning, if someone logs in remotely it won't interfere with the local user).
My question is; Is this possible with VNC?
If so, how, and what version of VNC should I use to accomplish this (i.e. TightVNC, UltraVNC, RealVNC, etc...)?
I found that it is possible to use RDP on a "WinXP" or "Win Media Center" box to run multiple sessions (meaning, if someone logs in remotely it won't interfere with the local user).
My question is; Is this possible with VNC?
If so, how, and what version of VNC should I use to accomplish this (i.e. TightVNC, UltraVNC, RealVNC, etc...)?
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all the others connect you to the console. RDP gives you a virtual console session.
No multiple sessions is something that is part of the operating system. And only windows server allows for multiple TS sessions
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>>And only windows server allows for multiple TS sessions
Are you sure about that: http://www.golod.com/2005/10/enabling-multiple-remote-desktop-sessions-in-windows-xp-professional-and-media-center-edition-2005/
Are you sure about that: http://www.golod.com/2005/10/enabling-multiple-remote-desktop-sessions-in-windows-xp-professional-and-media-center-edition-2005/
By default windows server does it, that article is talking about a registry edit for XP. according to the replies on the article, it has worked for some.
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Going to what John said, Yes there are ways around the limitations sometimes since windows desktop and server operating systems are designed so closely together (where as the desktop operating system has most of the server features disabled), if you can get it to work on whatever worksattion you are trying to set up then you have to disable automatic updates since one update can possible remove that change you made.
I wanted to do something similar once I wanted the ability to mirror drives using computer management in Windows XP and found a way to turn the feature on. But as I was warned as soon as an update was applied that replaced the files I modifed I would be back to the original configuration. So I decided to leave things as they are.
I wanted to do something similar once I wanted the ability to mirror drives using computer management in Windows XP and found a way to turn the feature on. But as I was warned as soon as an update was applied that replaced the files I modifed I would be back to the original configuration. So I decided to leave things as they are.
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It can't be done with anything else (VNC, GoToMyPC, Logmein, etc...)?