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

[steve menard]

No XP is a Single Session system
there are no additional concurrent sessions available with XP

Steve


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