With MS Windows, you are controlling the local console. That's just the way
things work. Windows is designed to be used by a single user at a time.
'Course you can do other things, like print, share files, etc off that
machine at the same time, but only one person can be actively "using" the
PC. Unlike Unix/Linux (Solaris being a Unix-based O/S) which was designed to
let multiple people use it at one time.
John
That statement might have been true during the ice age, however, Windows has come a long way since. It is in fact possible do create distinct desktops (see Microsoft terminal services) on Windows 2000 and Windows 2003. By default you get your own sandbox and it wasn't until Windows 2003 that terminal services also offers connectivity to the actual console.
Concerning WinVNC, by design it was choosen that VNC for Windows grabs the console instead of creating it's own display and thus whatever ports you make available, they are all the same console. This choice is probably related to the past when Windows was indeed single user (but multitasking).
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