[CLUE-Talk] rdesktop

David L. Willson DLWillson at TheGeek.NU
Wed Nov 3 23:00:36 MST 2004


Remote Assistance allows two on a screen, using RDP/TS, but it appears
to be an XP to XP only thing.  I think you'll have to use VNC.  Version
4 has 20% more coolness for the same low price.


On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 22:22, William wrote:
> > Dennis J Perkins wrote:
> > 
> > > Has anyone tried using rdesktop to remotely run programs on a Windows 
> > > box?  Every time I log in with it, the screen on the Windows box 
> > > disappears and I get a locked message.  If I enter my password on the 
> > > Windows box, rdesktop will be disconnected.  I want the Windows user 
> > > to see what I am doing.
> 
> This is the normal behavior for Windows XP, which is not a terminal server -- it just has a
> single-user terminal access.  In particular, if you attempt to log in remotely as the same user
> who is already physically logged in, the older session is closed automatically.
> 
> 
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