1. Re: windows xp service pack 2 (Corne Beerse)
Well then I guess the question would then be, how to get more
licenses for the XP box. It seems that M$ does not allow more
desktop connections on XP Pro sp 2, no matter licensing, but perhaps
I am wrong.
thanks,
aw
Anthony Watson wrote:
> I thought that VNC would allow me to bypass the terminal services
limitation built into XP service pack 2, but the free version of
VNC I downloaded kicked one user off, when another VNC connection
was initiated. Does the Personal or Enterprise version have this
limitation or will it be able to maintain multiple connections?
>
There is a huge difference between vnc and rdp on msWindows:
RDP can give you a new desktop for each connection. The number of those
desktops is limited by license.
For what its worth, rdp can also connect to the existing destkop, where
it consumes an rdp license. Hence I have the feeling the rdp licenses is
(also) restricted by the number of connections.
VNC on msWindows gives access to an existing desktop. By default the
number of vnc connections is limited for security reasons. This is
configurable to a shared desktop, see the vnc server properties on the
deskop at hand for details.
For what its worth, vnc can also connect to running rdp sessions,
provided a vncserver is running in there (start the
user-mode-vnc-server) and there is no port conflict between multiple vnc
sessions: they all default to port 5900. Better to switch the vnc-server
in an rdp session to a higher port (5901, 5902 and so on).
CBee
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Anthony Watson
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