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Right now I just finished setting up my dads computer in his room, and the network between our two computers. My question as you have read concerns remote desktop. When I connect to my dads computer via remote desktop, it logs him out and asks him if he wants to log back in. I have done remote desktop before (via net to my friends computer), and it didnt have this problem. It showed him what i was doing and allowed him to watch it. Im possitive i logged on via remote desktop too, and not remote assitance. my question is, is there someway to configure remote desktop so that he can watch and also work with me on the computer as well? thanks in advance

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Have you ever wanted to try other remote desktop programs? Because I would suggest TightVNC http://www.tightvnc.com for what you are doing, it's free.

There is also http://www.realvnc.com which is free as well and http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net

Any of those 3 will do what you want, just set your computer up as the server, and have him login through the client to you. Then he can just watch you/work when needed.

ive used vnc before but im trying to stray away from it because i dont like having to use a browser to access it, i want to use the whole screen as if it was my computer, and im pretty sure i was using rdc when i connected last time.

  s0n1cm0nk3y said:
ive used vnc before but im trying to stray away from it because i dont like having to use a browser to access it, i want to use the whole screen as if it was my computer, and im pretty sure i was using rdc when i connected last time.

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You can do that with the 'VNC Viewer' It's installed with it.

  s0n1cm0nk3y said:
Right now I just finished setting up my dads computer in his room, and the network between our two computers. My question as you have read concerns remote desktop. When I connect to my dads computer via remote desktop, it logs him out and asks him if he wants to log back in. I have done remote desktop before (via net to my friends computer), and it didnt have this problem. It showed him what i was doing and allowed him to watch it.  Im possitive i logged on via remote desktop too, and not remote assitance. my question is, is there someway to configure remote desktop so that he can watch and also work with me on the computer as well? thanks in advance

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The only way that I can think of that your friend was able to interact with your Remote Desktop Connection session was if he was running Windows Server 2003 and he was shadowing your user. Windows XP Remote Desktop doesn't support shadowing except for Remote Assistance.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...;279656&sd=tech

  Rascally said:
Actually, one of the betas of XP SP2 had the ability to both log in via RDP and be logged in locally...with different users.

A shame they got rid of it.

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Oh yea, this;

https://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=16494&category=main

You are correct. Microsoft's license agreement does not allow you to remote desktop into a computer and have the active session remain active, it will close the session and log you in. The only way you can remote to a machine and have the person interact with you using what is built into Windows is with Remote Assistance or Application Sharing in Windows Messenger. (There are of course plenty of 3rd party apps). Microsoft's reasoning behind this is that they would consider the ability to do this very similar to a terminal server which Microsoft does not even provide for free with Windows Server 2003 (Terminal Services is included but the licenses are extra). Would recommend using some of the 3rd party apps or else stick with Remote Assistance.

  OPaul said:
If you could remote connect and it not lock the workstation I don't think you could have been using RDP.

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