Remote Desktop Behavior

[joey.powell]

Systems: Windows XP Professional / Windows XP Media Center Edition
2005, Stand-alones

I have configured Remote Desktop to work through the Internet so I can
connect to my computer at home from work and vice versa.

Each time I connect, however, the user that is logged on locally (at
the remote machine that I am accessing) is automatically logged off.

I do not want that to happen. I want to be able to "share" or "shadow"
the locally logged on user/session, kind of like Symantec's pcAnywhere
software does.

How can I configure Remote Desktop to behave in this way?

 

[Sooner Al [MVP]]

The bottom line is you can't at least not with Remote Desktop. You could use
Remote Assistance or an alternative like UltraVNC.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/280828/en-us

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[Shenan Stanley]

Systems: Windows XP Professional / Windows XP Media Center Edition
2005, Stand-alones

I have configured Remote Desktop to work through the Internet so I
can connect to my computer at home from work and vice versa.

Each time I connect, however, the user that is logged on locally (at
the remote machine that I am accessing) is automatically logged off.

I do not want that to happen. I want to be able to "share" or
"shadow" the locally logged on user/session, kind of like
Symantec's pcAnywhere software does.

How can I configure Remote Desktop to behave in this way?

If you actually want that user to SEE what you are doing (or see what hey
are doing) - you cannot.
Not with Remote Desktop.

With Remote Assistance - sure.
However - someone will actually have to be ther to tell you "Yes - you can
watch what's happening." followed by permission (if needed) to "Take control
of the screen."

Or - you could install and start using something like UltraVNC.