Remote Desktop Connection - exclusive login.

[Joe Letter]

I am setting up a WinXP Pro station with RDC at the office for users to
login to to do some work. However, I noticed that if someone tries to login
while another session is in progress, the first session is dropped without
warning. Is there a way to restrict rdc so that if someone is already
logged in, no other connections are allowed?

Thanks,
Joe Letter.

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

How a Remote Desktop Connection Affects Windows XP Professional:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/280828/EN-US/

<quote>
(when using Fast User Switching)
The user currently logged on to the remote computer will receive the
following error message:
<Domain or Computer Name>\<username> is trying to connect to this computer.
If you allow, you will be disconnected, but you can resume later. Do you
want to allow this connection?

 

[Joe Letter]

That document is great. But I am having everyone login with the same user
account because they need to be using the exact same profile. So I guess
the next question is, what can we do to either:
a) get a warning when logging in with the same user account ?
b) have the exact same profile used for all users that login ?

Thanks again for all the help.

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

811151 - How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151

 

[Joe Letter]

Hhmm.. That method only copies historical data. The profile needs to be the
same for all users at all times. That is why I was only logging in with one
account. But using one account with rdc doesn't provide any way of telling
if anyone else is currently logged in. Is there a solution?

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

No, as far as I know, the same user will never be allowed to logon twice in
XP

 

[Joe Letter]

Well you can login twice, but the new connection kicks the other version of
the same user out and takes over the session. All without a warning.