I wonder if seperate consoles is on the list for vnc for windows. Although this may be a huge task being that it doesnt seem too many other companies do this either.
Maybe an enterprise only feature? --Angelo On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 10:09:10 -0500, John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah. I keep forgetting about TS since we don't use it here. OTOH, it seems > from past readings of this and the Tight-VNC list, that TS and VNC (of any > flavor, AFAIK) don't "play well" together. Maybe that will change. Don't > know. I, for one, would love it if VNC on Windoze became more line VNC on > *nix, so that you could have virtual desktops with VNC. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Feico de Boer (ML) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 9:17 AM > To: John Aldrich > Cc: 'Robert Sohigian'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: VNC / XP Professional Question > > John Aldrich wrote: > > 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). > > Regards, > Feico. > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
