You're right - the bastards at Microsoft have disabled the multiple concurrent users capability for XP, Vista, and Win 7 and it's only available as a feature in Server 2003. They justify it by saying it is a feature that only business users want, which is crap - obviously they are just looking for some features to justify the extra money for Server.
Fortunately, you can easily re-enable it. Here's how to do it in Windows Vista, Windows 7 Beta, and Windows 7 RTM: http://www.missingremote.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3293&Itemid=232 And for Windows XP SP3: http://alonbilu.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/enabling-multiple-concurrent-remote-sessions-on-windows-xp-sp3-patched-file-included/ --------------------------- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundation.org> Montreal Office +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Scott Sipe <[email protected]> wrote: > Are there any major versions of windows you can do this on? > > I know on our Windows Server 2003 server with Terminal Services enabled we > can connect multiple users, but on XP pro (version I'm most familiar with) > you can't have one user logged on locally and another remote desktop > user--it's one or the other? When the Remote Desktop user connects, the > local screen blanks, and if you're logging on as a new user, the current > session gets logged off first. > > If there's a way to get around this, I'd love to hear it! > > Scott > > On Oct 22, 2009, at 10:59 AM, Brian Weeden wrote: > > Sure - use Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and log into a different account >> than the one the user is logged into. >> >> And of course windows is multi-user - where did you get the idea it >> wasn't? >> >> --------------------------- >> Brian Weeden >> Technical Advisor >> Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundation.org> >> Montreal Office >> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada >> +1 (202) 683-8534 US >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Thane Sherrington < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> In Unix, I can access the box remotely in a separate screen so that the >>> local user can't see what I'm doing and can continue to use the system. >>> Is >>> there a way to do this in Windows? (I don't think there is, since >>> Windows >>> isn't really multi-user, but I figured I'd ask.) >>> >>> T >>> >>> >>> >>> >
