Open a second RDP session on an XP machine

[RickItPro]

To the TS guru out there.

I am looking for a solution to the remote desktop problem that exists on XP machines when logged into a domain. As I understand it, when running XP, if you've logged into a domain fast user switching is disabled and hence if a domain admin logs into a user's XP machine it kicks out the locally logged in user. I am supporting 100 - 150 production line computers and I'd like to be able to make a remote desktop connection to each one without having to kick the users out.

Windows 2003 Server isn't an option and neither are installing third party tools which allow this (because they're too expensive and I haven't found a cheap/freeware one). I don't want to use VNC because sometimes people are working on these workstations and I don't want to take control of their machine or interrupt their work. I want to open a remote rdp session. The registry hacks out there don't work on a machine that logs into a domain.

I know there are programs out there that allow an RDP session connection to an XP machine already logged into a domain, and they work fine but they're too expensive (i.e. Thinsoft)...

I'd like to code my own solution but I haven't done any thin client programming with regards to Terminal Services. Can anyone point me in the right direction on writing a little program in visual studio C++, VB (5,6 or .Net) or C# that would allow me to open up a second Terminal Server session on an XP machine which is already logged into a domain?

-Rick IT Pro

 

[ThatRickGuy]

Check sourceforge.net for some of the freeware VNC solutions. I'm not sure about creating multiple RDP's at the same time, that's some pretty heavy code, you'd be looking at writing your own server and emulator. What are you looking to do? There may be another solution available that does exactly what you need.

-Rick

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[chiph]

XP Pro only supports one RDP connection, and it will bump the current user off. This is by design.

I've used VNC with good results.

Chip H.


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