shadowing a remote desktop session

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I'd like to be able to log on to Windows XP, then connect
to that computer via a remote destop session, without
logging out or locking the local login.
Is this possible?

thanks
YCI
 
YCI said:
I'd like to be able to log on to Windows XP, then connect
to that computer via a remote destop session, without
logging out or locking the local login.
Is this possible?
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Not with RD on XP Pro - it's only one login at a time, no interactivity. On
a server running TS, yes. Check out one of the VNC products as advised in
the other reply.
 
Hi,
Not with RD on XP Pro - it's only one login at a time, no
interactivity. On a server running TS, yes.
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Do you mean that with Terminal Server there can be 2 or more users
controlling the same desktop? I though that RD was actually TS with a new
name... And RD doesn't allow you to do that. I'd be interrested to have more
info on that.
 
Elp said:
Do you mean that with Terminal Server there can be 2 or more users
controlling the same desktop? I though that RD was actually TS with a
new name... And RD doesn't allow you to do that. I'd be interrested
to have more info on that.
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Search for "shadowing a terminal services connection"..

Open a command prompt and type:

shadow /?
 
My understanding is that shadowing the remote session IS possible--i.e. you
have three XP machines, and two of them are looking at the same remote
session on the third machine.

I haven't done this myself yet, however. This doesn't do what the OP
wanted, which involved just the two machines.
 
Bill said:
My understanding is that shadowing the remote session IS
possible--i.e. you have three XP machines, and two of them are
looking at the same remote session on the third machine.

I haven't done this myself yet, however. This doesn't do what the OP
wanted, which involved just the two machines.
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I don't believe this is possible using Remote Desktop hosted on an XP Pro
PC.
You can do it with Terminal Services/Remote Desktop on a W2000/2003 server,
though.
 
Lanwench said:
I don't believe this is possible using Remote Desktop hosted on an XP
Pro PC.
You can do it with Terminal Services/Remote Desktop on a W2000/2003
server, though.
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Definitely.. even from a Windows XP client. I have shadowed console/remote
sessions from my XP professional box on our 2K3 servers. Comes in useful
when you have more than one system admin and are separated by geography..
 
Shenan said:
Definitely.. even from a Windows XP client. I have shadowed
console/remote sessions from my XP professional box on our 2K3
servers. Comes in useful when you have more than one system admin
and are separated by geography..
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Yes, absolutely. That's not the same as shadowing a Remote Desktop session
*to* an XP Pro box, which is what I thought the OP was asking about....or
using more than one login at a time (one local, one remote) to an XP Pro RD
host.
 
Agreed. My impression from Jeffrey was that shadowing was possible among XP
machines alone, but if it is, I haven't gotten there (yet!)

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
 
Bill said:
Agreed. My impression from Jeffrey was that shadowing was possible
among XP machines alone, but if it is, I haven't gotten there (yet!)
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If it's possible, I'd sure like to know about it. AFAIK, it can't be done...
:-(
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
Shenan said:
Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
I don't believe this is possible using Remote Desktop hosted on an
XP Pro PC.
You can do it with Terminal Services/Remote Desktop on a W2000/2003
server, though.

Definitely.. even from a Windows XP client. I have shadowed
console/remote sessions from my XP professional box on our 2K3
servers. Comes in useful when you have more than one system admin
and are separated by geography..
Click to expand...

Yes, absolutely. That's not the same as shadowing a Remote Desktop
session *to* an XP Pro box, which is what I thought the OP was
asking about....or using more than one login at a time (one local,
one remote) to an XP Pro RD
host.
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