VNC-List digest, Vol 1 #2369 - 2 msgs

[Anthony Watson]

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>    1. Re: windows xp service pack 2 (Corne Beerse)



Well then I guess the question would then be, how to get more 
licenses for the XP box.  It seems that M$ does not allow more 
desktop connections on XP Pro sp 2, no matter licensing, but perhaps 
I am wrong.

thanks,
aw

>
>Anthony Watson wrote:
> > I thought that VNC would allow me to bypass the terminal services 
> limitation built into XP service pack 2, but the free version of 
> VNC I downloaded kicked one user off, when another VNC connection 
> was initiated.  Does the Personal or Enterprise version have this 
> limitation or will it be able to maintain multiple connections?
> >
>
>There is a huge difference between vnc and rdp on msWindows:
>RDP can give you a new desktop for each connection. The number of those
>desktops is limited by license.
>
>For what its worth, rdp can also connect to the existing destkop, where
>it consumes an rdp license. Hence I have the feeling the rdp licenses is
>(also) restricted by the number of connections.
>
>VNC on msWindows gives access to an existing desktop. By default the
>number of vnc connections is limited for security reasons. This is
>configurable to a shared desktop, see the vnc server properties on the
>deskop at hand for details.
>
>For what its worth, vnc can also connect to running rdp sessions,
>provided a vncserver is running in there (start the
>user-mode-vnc-server) and there is no port conflict between multiple vnc
>sessions: they all default to port 5900. Better to switch the vnc-server
>in an rdp session to a higher port (5901, 5902 and so on).
>
>
>CBee
>
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Thank you,

Anthony Watson