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"Conan Kelly" <CTBarbarin at msn dot com> wrote in message
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> Hello all,
>
> Isn't it supposed to be possible for 2 people to be logged on at the same
> time when using RD (that is 1 logged on locally and the other can RD into
> the machine w/o interrupting the first one). I know that I've seen this
> before.
>
> I'm trying to RD into my Win XP MCE 2005 machine from my Win XP Pro laptop
> while someone is logged onto the MCE machine watching TV w/o kicking them
> off. When I try this, first I get a message on the laptop that I can't do
> this w/o kicking her off and her work might be lost. If I click yes/ok,
> then I get a message on the MCE box warning me that someone is trying to
> RD into it and if I (her) want to give them permission. I click yes/ok,
> and I (she) gets kicked off of the MCE machine (not actually logged
> off--it just flips to the "Welcome" screen because I do have "Fast User
> Switching" enabled). This happens when she is logged on to the MCE
> machine and I try to RD in using my log on. When I try to RD in with her
> log on while she is logged on, I get a message something like "can't do it
> because of user restrictions" on the laptop (but I think that she is a
> member of the Admins group (on both machines)--so shouldn't her account be
> able to RD into it w/o explicitly giving it permission to).
>
> On the other hand, when trying to RD into the laptop from the MCE box, if
> I remember correctly, I don't get a message, saying that the other user
> will get kicked off, on the MCE machine, nor do I get a message on the
> laptop asking permission. It just opens up on the MCE box and kicks me
> off of the laptop (once again, not totally logged off, just flips to the
> welcome screen because of "Fast User Switching" enabled). Now this was
> done with my account logged in on the laptop and trying to RD into it with
> my account. I did not try it with her login at all.
>
> As you may have guessed, I'm using Workgroup networking as well as Fast
> User Switching on both machines. I don't know if any of these will affect
> the ability to have 2 people (or 2 different instances of the same
> account) logged on a the same time. Is there any other setting that I can
> change that might allow this? Is there any settings that I can change
> that might disable the warning/asking permission messages?
>
> Thanks for any help that anyone can provide,
>
> Conan Kelly
>