Only Remote Desktop password

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Mike Mimic

Hi!

I have a computer with few users without passwords which are using
fast-switching and "welcome" screen for local logins.

And I would like to enable Remote Desktop on this computer. The problem
is that I need to setup a password for those users but I do not want
that they would need to use it for local logins. So for them
logging in would still be just clicking on an username at "welcome"
screen. But for remote logins password would be required.

Is this possible?

The other problem I found is that when I remotely login to this computer
its screen changes to "welcome" screen while I work there and this is a
problem because it is not visible that someone (me) is logged in
remotely so it is quite simple for someone to try to login locally and
logout me out (in testing this only one user - mine - had a password
set, other were without it so they could only click on an username to
login locally). Is there a way to prompt me or the local user about
this? Or some other solution.


Mike
 
Mike said:
I have a computer with few users without passwords which are using
fast-switching and "welcome" screen for local logins.

And I would like to enable Remote Desktop on this computer. The
problem is that I need to setup a password for those users but I do
not want that they would need to use it for local logins. So for them
logging in would still be just clicking on an username at "welcome"
screen. But for remote logins password would be required.

Is this possible?
No.

The other problem I found is that when I remotely login to this
computer its screen changes to "welcome" screen while I work there
and this is a problem because it is not visible that someone (me) is
logged in remotely so it is quite simple for someone to try to login
locally and logout me out (in testing this only one user - mine - had
a password set, other were without it so they could only click on an
username to login locally). Is there a way to prompt me or the local
user about this? Or some other solution.
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You made all the users administrators? Make them all regular or Power
users.
 
Hi!

Shenan said:
You made all the users administrators? Make them all regular or Power
users.
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It is not the problem that they can take the session from me. The
problem is that they do not see that they will do it. There is no dialog
which would tell that I am logged in. Like locked computer.


Mike
 
Shenan said:
You made all the users administrators? Make them all regular or
Power users.
Click to expand...

Mike said:
It is not the problem that they can take the session from me. The
problem is that they do not see that they will do it. There is no
dialog which would tell that I am logged in. Like locked computer.
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Then you have to get rid of the Welcome Screen logon.
 
Hi!

Shenan said:
Then you have to get rid of the Welcome Screen logon.
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So enabling "welcome" screen disables lockout? Interesting. I have not
found this anywhere.


Mike
 
Let me try to clear things up. Here is what I would recommend. If you don't
want to create passwords for your users, then create separate remote
accounts, (just create a new user account name them remote1, remote2...etc.
etc), on the profile of each of these local accounts, specify the path to the
appropriate normal user account. I.E. if you want user John to use remote1
as the RDP username, in the remote1 profile, specify user John's profile path
in the profile field of the user remote1. Grand remote1 permissions to user
John's profile folder.

As far as issues with console locking or showing welcome screen while you
are logged in remotely, XP only allows 1 concurrent connection to the machine
at any given time. If you login remote, the console is locked. If you are
on the console and someone logs in remotely then the console is locked and
the remote user is granted access. There are ways around this, but I don't
recommend it, the other option is to get WinconnectXP software (do a goodle
search for WinConnect XP) that basically runs a terminal server on top of
Windows XP. This allows the console user to remain logged in, while multiple
remote sessions are open.

Any other questions?

thanks
 
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