Multiple VNC servers on Windows NT TSE?

[James [Wez] Weatherall]

On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Trevor Turton wrote:

> Has anyone tried running VNC Server on Windows TSE (Terminal Server
> Edition)?  Is it possible to fire up multiple copies on VNC Server on
> TSE, one per logon, so that multiple VNC Clients can connect to the
> same physical server but each one see a separate desktop and a
> different set of apps?

Yes.  However, TSE only actually keeps track of the display when it is
displayed on a Terminal with the normal client, so it's slow and not
terrifically useful.

> If so, is it possible to logon new sessions on a TSE server remotely?

No.

> In short, can VNC Client/Server be used to deliver the same sort of
> multi-user remote access that Citrix Metaframe does? (see
> http://www.citrix.com/products/metaframe.asp)

Not unless the APIs used by the MetaFrame add-on are made available to us.

Cheers,

James "Wez" Weatherall
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