I have a client to wants to allow concurrent remote desktop sessions
using Windows XP Pro (Service pack 2).

Using this guide http://sig9.com/articles/concurrent-remote-desktop
I was able to get 5 users connected on this past Friday.
Today, we have had to remote the machine the XP machine to get users
connection. But we are still getting conenction refusal's on users
that have been setup.

Basically I need a sure way to allow up to 7 users to connect to a
Windows XP machine to run an accounting package.

We want to go through Remote Desktop to connect. all these Windows XP
machines.

thanks

David Sherman wrote:
> I have a client to wants to allow concurrent remote desktop sessions
> using Windows XP Pro (Service pack 2).
>
> Using this guide http://sig9.com/articles/concurrent-remote-desktop
> I was able to get 5 users connected on this past Friday.
> Today, we have had to remote the machine the XP machine to get users
> connection. But we are still getting conenction refusal's on users
> that have been setup.
>
> Basically I need a sure way to allow up to 7 users to connect to a
> Windows XP machine to run an accounting package.
>
> We want to go through Remote Desktop to connect. all these Windows
> XP machines.

Not supported natively.
That's why you had to use the hack you found to get it to work.
Windows XP is not a server class OS - treat it at such at your own peril.

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"David Sherman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have a client to wants to allow concurrent remote desktop sessions
> using Windows XP Pro (Service pack 2).
>
> Using this guide http://sig9.com/articles/concurrent-remote-desktop
> I was able to get 5 users connected on this past Friday.
> Today, we have had to remote the machine the XP machine to get users
> connection. But we are still getting conenction refusal's on users
> that have been setup.
>
> Basically I need a sure way to allow up to 7 users to connect to a
> Windows XP machine to run an accounting package.
>
> We want to go through Remote Desktop to connect. all these Windows XP
> machines.
>
> thanks

If you want to do that reliably, you need to put the accounting package on a
server version of the OS, and purchase appropriate licenses. It isn't
supported in XP Pro.

The good news is that it's very easy to set it up in Server 2003, and the
users, who are used to RDP, don't have to learn much that's new.

HTH
-pk

Small Business Server 2003 only supports RDP sessions.

On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:56:35 -0400, "Patrick Keenan" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>"David Sherman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I have a client to wants to allow concurrent remote desktop sessions
>> using Windows XP Pro (Service pack 2).
>>
>> Using this guide http://sig9.com/articles/concurrent-remote-desktop
>> I was able to get 5 users connected on this past Friday.
>> Today, we have had to remote the machine the XP machine to get users
>> connection. But we are still getting conenction refusal's on users
>> that have been setup.
>>
>> Basically I need a sure way to allow up to 7 users to connect to a
>> Windows XP machine to run an accounting package.
>>
>> We want to go through Remote Desktop to connect. all these Windows XP
>> machines.
>>
>> thanks
>
>If you want to do that reliably, you need to put the accounting package on a
>server version of the OS, and purchase appropriate licenses. It isn't
>supported in XP Pro.
>
>The good news is that it's very easy to set it up in Server 2003, and the
>users, who are used to RDP, don't have to learn much that's new.
>
>HTH
>-pk
>