Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 allow up to three sessions at
once for remote and local access. Windows XP, not being a server operating
system, allows only one.

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"Will" <DELETE_westes@earthbroadcast.com> wrote in message
news:j4ydnUARt4HYHiXeRVn-hA@giganews.com...
> When using the RDP client in Windows XP SP2, connecting to the machine you
> already are logged into appears to fail with a message that there is
> already
> a console session and you cannot open a second console window. Is there
> any way to work around this?
>
> With Windows 2000, it is an extremely useful thing to be able to login to
> the same machine from your console login. I typically login as a simply
> "user" with minimal permissions and then open up a second console window
> through Terminal Services and login as administrator. If I have some
> administrative chore on the system it is extremely convenient to be able
> to
> switch over to the other console session and do the work as administrator.
> I can't believe they would take a step backwards and forbid that practice
> in
> Windows XP?
>
> I'm aware of the Run As feature, but it is extremely cumbersome to have to
> type a long password on each command.
>
> By the way, does Microsoft have a newsgroup dedicated to discussion of RDP
> issues and terminal services? I saw such groups for WindowsNT only.
>
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> Will
>
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