Multiple Sessions

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MikeC

How can I prevent users from opening multiple sessions
within TS? Or how can I prevent them from opening
multiple instances of an Access mde? The problem is that
users sometimes can't see that they have the access app
open and open another instance. Or they log on from
another workstation and open the app again.

Is there a way to tell TS to only allow one session per
workstation?
 
In Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server it's possible to restrict a user to one session, howerver this capability does NOT exist in 2000 w/o 3rd party software

Restricting users to one instance of an application is usually done via the application, not the Operating System. i.e

http://www.mindcracker.com/mindcracker/c_cafe/mfc/OneInstanceOnly.as

Patrick Rous
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Serve
http://www.workthin.co

----- MikeC wrote: ----

How can I prevent users from opening multiple sessions
within TS? Or how can I prevent them from opening
multiple instances of an Access mde? The problem is that
users sometimes can't see that they have the access app
open and open another instance. Or they log on from
another workstation and open the app again

Is there a way to tell TS to only allow one session per
workstation
 
Can you not restrict the Users ability to login more than
once throughout the domain in ADUC?
Will this not apply to TS sessions just as equally?
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David
-----Original Message-----
In Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server it's possible to
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restrict a user to one session, howerver this capability
does NOT exist in 2000 w/o 3rd party software.
Restricting users to one instance of an application is
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usually done via the application, not the Operating
System. i.e.
 
You can't restrict the number of users through AD. This
only works through Windows 2003 terminal services. You
can use a script or a third party utility to control how
many times the user can logon. There is an application
called LockSingleUser which does this, which can be
downloaded at thethin.net, or you can use a script:

http://terminal.servebeer.com/php/single_logon.php

You could also use a similar script to force the user to
only be allowed one Access application instance. The
script would just need to query the process list and make
sure Access only appears once per username.

-M
 
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