dual users on at once -> xp pro

[MrDudeMan]

i know this has been discussed before, but i cant find it.

i searched for dual, dual users, users, citrix, multiple users, multiple, and a few others. i found nothing, so back off or eat me if you dont want to discuss it again.

that being said, is there a program (i heard citrix is the solution, but i went to their website and didnt see much of anything useful) to allow multiple people to use the computer at once?

thanks...any help/info would be appreciated.

 

[FlyingPenguin]

Terminal Server if you don't mind a Windows solution, but you would need to run it on a server box not an XP workstation, and the price of admission is not cheap.

 

[VirtualLarry]

JetWay offers their "MagicTwin" line of motherboards, that support true dual local user configs on XP Pro, given a sufficient number of mouse/keyboard/display/audio devices present in the system. I've actually been interested in something similar, except I require it to be a "free", non-proprietary solution. Somehow, it lies in creating multiple NT "WindowStations", and binding them to the various lower-level devices, so that you can have multiple physical console logins. (XP itself is internally multi-user, with respect to processes and the like.) Supposedly this may be possible with W2K as well.

Given sufficiently-powerful hardware, you can even play mano-a-mano FPS games against each other, on the same machine! That's what I really want that for, or perhaps the ability for me to log into a seperate session on a different console temporarily, without interrupting what I'm doing on the first.

 

[imported_Kensai]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
JetWay offers their "MagicTwin" line of motherboards, that support true dual local user configs on XP Pro, given a sufficient number of mouse/keyboard/display/audio devices present in the system. I've actually been interested in something similar, except I require it to be a "free", non-proprietary solution. Somehow, it lies in creating multiple NT "WindowStations", and binding them to the various lower-level devices, so that you can have multiple physical console logins. (XP itself is internally multi-user, with respect to processes and the like.) Supposedly this may be possible with W2K as well.

Given sufficiently-powerful hardware, you can even play mano-a-mano FPS games against each other, on the same machine! That's what I really want that for, or perhaps the ability for me to log into a seperate session on a different console temporarily, without interrupting what I'm doing on the first.

That should work out. Never knew anyone who tried it before though, so I can't suggest it though I hear it's ok.

 

[bsobel]

that being said, is there a program (i heard citrix is the solution, but i went to their website and didnt see much of anything useful) to allow multiple people to use the computer at once?

I think your thinking of WinConnect Server XP from ThinSoft.

Bill