Windows XP Concurrent Users

[WhoIsThat]

I would like to make Windows XP capable of letting two people having their own screen and do their own thing concurrently (much like terminaml service).

Is it possible? Obviously, the capability exists since you can have several people's accounts logged on at the same time, but you can only have one primary user connected at any given time (That would be the user that can see the screen).

Please advise. It would probably requires some hacking, but it's obvious the capability is there. What I am attempting to do is to have a desktop user using a computer when I can also connect to the computer and doing stuff myself. (For example, she/he can run his/her own Word/Excel while I run my WordPad).

Thanks again.

 

[Nothinman]

You'll need to invest in a copy of Win2K Server or a beta of 2003 Server.

 

[lowtech1]

The option that you want to do is going to co$$ money on Windows, but there is LTSP solution that you could try & it is free ++ Wine/Win4Lin then you could also run your favorite Windows apps.

Wine only support a few apps, while Win4Lin support most if not all apps that run on Win9.x. The great thing is that Win4Lin is not a Windows emulation, therefor you could run as many concurrent sessions of an app as you like.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: WhoIsThat
I would like to make Windows XP capable of letting two people having their own screen and do their own thing concurrently (much like terminaml service).
Is it possible? Obviously, the capability exists since you can have several people's accounts logged on at the same time, but you can only have one primary user connected at any given time (That would be the user that can see the screen).
Please advise. It would probably requires some hacking, but it's obvious the capability is there. What I am attempting to do is to have a desktop user using a computer when I can also connect to the computer and doing stuff myself. (For example, she/he can run his/her own Word/Excel while I run my WordPad).
Thanks again.

Not currently (this is planned in either a service pack or might get bumped to Longhorn). They want to make the limit at least two so a local user and a remote display (SmartDisplay) user can use the machine at the same time.

There is a third party application which will allow you to have upto 10, but it runs a few hundred dollars per XP professioanl box...

Bill

 

[WhoIsThat]

Could you tell me the name of the third party application?

As far as MS goes, the technology is cleary there. after all, that's what Windows 2000 Terminal Server does, and XP uses the same architecture in the underlying code for remote desktop control (which is rebranded Terminal Service). I figured they must have just changed the code to disallow that and was wondering if there are ways around it.

Thanks for all the replies.

 

[bsobel]

Had to go dig, here you go....

Bill