Win-L does not logoff the session. You must do an actual logoff to end the session.
-----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bernie Cosell Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 9:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Doing things on another system On 9 Sep 2005 at 18:03, Carl Houseman wrote: > There can be only one active login session with Windows XP Pro. > > When you are logged in at the local console with one username, and then come > in over Remote Desktop (RD) as another username, the session that is active > on the console cannot be continued nor switched to the remote desktop, > because of the username difference. (If it did, then there would be two > sessions active). If you come in over RD as the same user logged in on the > local console, the existing session is switched to the remote console. Ah, I see. I guess that means that if I remember to win-L my desktop when I leave it [so it is at the login screen] that that might work... I'll also try coming in as my logged-in user... Right now it is a minimal limited account, so I didn't bother to put a password on it, but I can easily do that.. > With Remote Assistance (RA), the remote console and local console are both > active simultaneously and share the same session. BUT, the local user must > give permission to the remote user before that can happen. Therefore RA is > not a solution for remote access to an unattended workstation. Got it.. THANKS! /Bernie\ -- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <-- -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html
