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dwjs1974
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Hi all, Hope everyone had a good newyear....
(machine 1)
Laptop running windowsXP media edition
(machine 2)
Is a custom build DELL not sure if will have XP or vista
What they want to do?
They would like to remotely access machine 2 using the laptop mainly to check emails. but without disrupting the user on machine 2.
I tested remote desktop and it will not allow 2 users on at the same time.
So my Question:
Does anyone know any software (free) that will allow 2 users to be logged on at the same time. in there own profiles??
Cheers
Dave
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| Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 12:16 am Post subject: RE: remote user login |
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Windows license is the issue here - you're only allowed one user.
I vaguely remember such a useful feature nearly making it into XPSP1, but being yanked after the beta to stop such shennanigans.
There were/might still be copies of the relevant terminal services dll (termsrv?) floating around the web, but it's dodgier than it's worth IMHO.
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| Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 1:23 am Post subject: RE: remote user login |
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| The Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) used to access a Windows system will either lock out the local user or share the session with the local user (Remote Assistance). |
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| Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 7:27 am Post subject: RE: remote user login |
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When I was faced with the same issue a few years ago I took myself off to a Windows forum to ask and their response was "Upgrade to XP Pro" which will allow multiple users, I didn't! You might get some mileage from installing an X display manager on the Windows box (Cygwin X for example) but I guess you'd be severely limited in what you can run on it that way.
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| Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:21 am Post subject: RE: remote user login |
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| There is a hack (use at own risk) that allows up to three RDP sessions on Windows XP Pro provided you could locate a particular version of the termsrv.dll. A guide written in 2005 for use at your own risk is available here. |
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dwjs1974
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| Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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Many thanks all
i found a patch and a dll
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:START
@echo off
cls
:DETECTARGUMENTS
SET SINGLESESSION=1
SET BLANK=1
IF /I *%1 == *MULTI SET SINGLESESSION=0
IF /I *%2 == *MULTI SET SINGLESESSION=0
IF /I *%1 == *BLANK SET BLANK=0
IF /I *%2 == *BLANK SET BLANK=0
:SETSOURCEFOLDER
REM This will get the folder the batch file was launched from since the current
REM directory will change if launched from a network share
SET SOURCEFOLDER=%~dp0
ECHO Source Folder is %SOURCEFOLDER%
:TAKEOWNERSHIP
echo Taking ownership of %SystemRoot%\System32\termsrv.dll
takeown /a /f %SystemRoot%\System32\termsrv.dll
echo Granting Administrators rights
icacls %SystemRoot%\System32\termsrv.dll /Grant Administrators:F
:STOPTERMINALSERVICES
echo Stopping Terminal Services
net stop "Terminal Services"
:BACKUPTERMSRVDLL
copy %SystemRoot%\System32\termsrv.dll %SystemRoot%\System32\*.*.bak
:COPYTERMSRVDLL
echo Copying %SOURCEFOLDER%termsrv.dll to %SystemRoot%\System32\
copy /y "%SOURCEFOLDER%termsrv.dll" %SystemRoot%\System32\
:IMPORTREGKEYS
echo Importing Registry Keys
regedit /s "%SOURCEFOLDER%termonpremium.reg"
echo Enabling RDP
REG ADD "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server" /v fDenyTSConnections /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
:SETSINGLESESSIONSETTING
ECHO Setting fSingleSessionPerUser to %SINGLESESSION%
REG ADD "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server" /v fSingleSessionPerUser /t REG_DWORD /d %SINGLESESSION% /f
:SETBLANKPASSWORDPOLICY
ECHO Setting LimitBlankPasswordUser to %BLANK%
REG ADD "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa" /v LimitBlankPasswordUse /t REG_DWORD /d %BLANK% /f
:CONFIGUREFIREWALL
ECHO Configuring Remote Desktop in Windows Firewall
netsh firewall set service remotedesktop enable
:STARTTERMINALSERVICES
echo Starting Terminal Services
net start "Terminal Services"
:PAUSE5SECONDS
ECHO Pausing 5 seconds to give service time to start listening
choice /n /c y /d y /t 5 > nul
:CHECKIFSERVICELISTENING
echo Checking if Service is listening on port 3389
SUBST
netstat -a | find /i "3389"
if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto SERVICENOTLISTENING
:SERVICEISLISTENING
echo Service is listening
goto CONTINUE
:SERVICENOTLISTENING
echo Service is not listening
:CONTINUE
echo Done
Pause
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This allowed my machine to be logged in with one user while remote login via another user...
Thanks for the tips i found a dll
Dave
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