VNC and RDP

[Tester]

Hi,
I have a few questions re. using RDP and VNC on windows XP.
Can they be used in the same time or what is the suggested use?
How many users can RDP/VNC into the machine at the same time?
I connect to the machine using RDP and after that while trying to VNC
into the machine I am getting the error:
SelectObject to CompatibleDC failed.The operation completed
successfully (0). Do you wish to attempt to reconnect to
"machine_IP_address"?
Thank you

 

[John John MVP]

Hi,
I have a few questions re. using RDP and VNC on windows XP.
Can they be used in the same time or what is the suggested use?
How many users can RDP/VNC into the machine at the same time?
I connect to the machine using RDP and after that while trying to VNC
into the machine I am getting the error:
SelectObject to CompatibleDC failed.The operation completed
successfully (0). Do you wish to attempt to reconnect to
"machine_IP_address"?
Thank you

They're both connecting to session 0 (the console session) so one would
need to use a shadow session, but Windows XP cannot create shadow
sessions on its own. If you have a Windows Server in your network you
can use that to create a shadow session, see here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/279656 I'm not sure if VNC can do
shadow sessions, you'll have to google that one and see what you can find.

John