Re: rdesktop and Win Terminal $erver

2003-10-31 Thread David A. Bandel
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 23:06:28 -0600 Michael Hipp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wil McGilvery wrote: I don't know any way around the licensing. I guess if you use the software, you pay the price. What applications are you trying to access? For now, mainly Quicken, QuickBooks, Fireworks,

Re: rdesktop and Win Terminal $erver

2003-10-31 Thread Tom Wilson
On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 23:12, Michael Hipp wrote: Rdesktop works like a champ as a way to get into a W2k Server box and run Win apps. But it appears it will only work for 90 days unless I cough up some *more* $ to MS. (I own more licenses of various MS junk than any 3 people I know. The

Re: rdesktop and Win Terminal $erver

2003-10-31 Thread Michael Hipp
Tom Wilson wrote: It isn't rdesktop that is the problem. It would be your temporary TS access license expiring. The only way I can think of to trick it is change the name of your pc connecting to it. It may issue a new temporary license then. There used to be an option, -l I think, that was

Re: rdesktop and Win Terminal $erver

2003-10-31 Thread Michael Hipp
David A. Bandel wrote: Why don you just use vnc? I've tried 2 - 3 different varieties of VNC (Ultra, Tight, etc.) and I use them routinely for administration of remote boxes when I need a gui. But for applications VNC has never seemed reliable enough or responsive enough for heads-down work. It

RE: rdesktop and Win Terminal $erver

2003-10-30 Thread Wil McGilvery
Are you using terminal services for remote admin or as a terminal server? How many people are accessing the box at one time? Wil -Original Message- From: Michael Hipp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu 10/30/2003 11:12 PM To: Linux Users Cc:

Re: rdesktop and Win Terminal $erver

2003-10-30 Thread Michael Hipp
Wil McGilvery wrote: Are you using terminal services for remote admin or as a terminal server? How many people are accessing the box at one time? Wil Just me for now but I plan to add others later (and don't want to be limited to 2 sessions). So I set it up in the application mode. Also, admin

RE: rdesktop and Win Terminal $erver

2003-10-30 Thread Wil McGilvery
PROTECTED] Cc: Subject: Re: rdesktop and Win Terminal $erver Wil McGilvery wrote: Are you using terminal services for remote admin or as a terminal server? How many people are accessing the box at one time? Wil

Re: rdesktop and Win Terminal $erver

2003-10-30 Thread Michael Hipp
Wil McGilvery wrote: I don't know any way around the licensing. I guess if you use the software, you pay the price. What applications are you trying to access? For now, mainly Quicken, QuickBooks, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, MPLAB (PICmicro IDE), PowerBible CD, MS Office, TaxACT. That covers about