Hi,
I have used VNC on a few of my Win XP-Pro systems for a couple of years
or so. It seems to me that when I first got it, it was possible for one to
login to a system using VNC without affecting the primary user of the system
- effectively making it a multi-user system. I want to do some
Multiple people can view a single PC but VNC has never provided multiple
independent sessions in the 7 or so years I've been using it.
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Bob Hartung
Wisco Industries, Inc.
736 Janesville St.
Oregon, WI 53575
Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215
Fax: (608) 835-7399
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For Brian's situation, VNC won't give him what he needs. I don't believe RDP
would either. I'm guessing the PC he's using to run a POS app is unlikely to be
a terminal server or he wouldn't be looking for an alternate way to have
multiple users.
Brian, you said you plan to setup a stand-alone
Bob,
VNC does not provide even the sessions, just the Virtual Network Computing
layer. If the host system can, you know, host multiple sessions of VNC
Servers, THEN the VNC protocol for sure can provide multiple client
sessions, even from the same ~client PC~ just using different display
The micro PC in the shipping area will be one of those tiny ones running
Linux. It cannot run my POS software which is windows-only. I'm just using
it as a remote terminal for one of the POS systems. The possibility that
I could use that system locally and remotely at the same time is an
