two people on one comp

[adboehm]

Hi people,
I have enough usb ports for an extra mouse and keyboard or two, and my video
card outputs to two monitors plus tv-out. Does anyone know of a way (an
option in XP?) or some software that enables two users to access two
different WinXP user accounts using the two(+) monitors, mice and keyboards?
ie two users simultaneously using the one computer by their own screen etc?
I've heard of ShareView, but that's not what I want I think (broadcasting to
multiple XP computers).
Gus

 

[Alvin A Brown]

Hello

IN Win XP that won't work, but in Win 2000 server and win2003 you
can.

Al

 

[adboehm]

Are you sure? XP allows multiple user accounts active simultaneously, why
shouldn't it be able to 'use' them simultaneously using different
inputs/screens?

 

[larry samuels MS-MVP \(XP Shell/User\)]

Positive--XP will not allow concurrent use.
You need terminal services to be able to do this.

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[JJ]

If you can do it in win 2k and win 2k3, then you can do it in XP Pro,
but most likely, not XP Home. Have you searched www.microsoft.com dry
yet?

 

[larry samuels MS-MVP \(XP Shell/User\)]

No you can't--you can only do it in server OSes(2000 Server and Windows
Server 2003) by using terminal services.This is not a function of any MS
client OS.

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[David Candy]

Because you didn't pay for it. Each concurrent user requires a license. That's the reason.

 

[Knight]

You are correct in asking that question. Here is your solution

www.thincomputinginc.com look for winconnect server XP

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