Switch control in RDC on XP SP2

[Sven Berg]

How do I rapidly switch control between guest and host, after the
guest or the host machine has upgraded to XP SP2? Thanks, Sven

 

[Robin Walker]

How do I rapidly switch control between guest and host, after the
guest or the host machine has upgraded to XP SP2?

What is the problem you are having, and what has SP2 got to do with it?

 

[Sven Berg]

What is the problem you are having,

When the host is logged out and sees a black screen - how can he take
over control?

and what has SP2 got to do with it?

Somewhere I read that SP2 would bring a new feature to RDC, the
alternation of control between guest and host.

Sven

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

When the host is logged out and sees a black screen - how can he take
over control?


Somewhere I read that SP2 would bring a new feature to RDC, the
alternation of control between guest and host.

Sven

Not that I know of.

 

[Sven Berg]

Not that I know of.

Maybe I misunderstood this: [...] "the ability to have two interactive
users working off the same XP Professional box at the same time, one
at the machine, and one remotely using Remote Desktop. The feature is
geared toward Smart Display owners, however. Allchin also said [...]"
source: http://old.bink.nu/old12.htm - july 28

 

[Robin Walker]

Not that I know of.

Maybe I misunderstood this: [...] "the ability to have two interactive
users working off the same XP Professional box at the same time, one
at the machine, and one remotely using Remote Desktop. The feature is
geared toward Smart Display owners, however. Allchin also said [...]"
source: http://old.bink.nu/old12.htm - july 28

This was a false hope. Microsoft never publicly committed to such a
feature, and the feature was scrapped before long before XP SP2 went into
public availability.

 

[Sooner Al]

One of the early beta releases still had that feature. But, as you say, its been pulled from the RTM
version...

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Sven Berg wrote:
Somewhere I read that SP2 would bring a new feature to RDC, the
alternation of control between guest and host.

Not that I know of.

Maybe I misunderstood this: [...] "the ability to have two interactive
users working off the same XP Professional box at the same time, one
at the machine, and one remotely using Remote Desktop. The feature is
geared toward Smart Display owners, however. Allchin also said [...]"
source: http://old.bink.nu/old12.htm - july 28

This was a false hope. Microsoft never publicly committed to such a feature, and the feature was
scrapped before long before XP SP2 went into public availability.

 

[Sven Berg]

One of the early beta releases still had that feature.
But, as you say, its been pulled from the RTM version

Many thanks to you and Robin for clearing up my erroneous expectation.
Sven

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Here's a KB article which is relevant, although not helpful, to your query:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;838202