Windows XP Remote Desktop can also be used by multiple users

Since the launch of the Windows XP operating system, friends must have been familiar with Remote Desktop. Remote Desktop integrated in Windows XP is a remote access technology compatible with Windows NT/2000 Terminal Services, you can log on to the remote host using the Remote Desktop client program integrated in Windows XP Professional edition with the permitted permissions, and then operate the remote host visually. In addition, the Remote Desktop in Windows XP has achieved real-color display for the first time, which is an improvement over the original terminal service.

However, unlike the original Terminal Service, Windows XP does not support simultaneous logon by multiple users. That is to say, when other users remotely log on to your Windows XP, the user currently operating on the host will automatically exit, and the screen will also be black. When you log on to the system again, it is unfortunate that the remote user connection will be interrupted again. It must be noted that in Windows 2003, allows multiple users to log on to the host simultaneously using local or remote desktop connection ).

So is Windows XP Remote Desktop out of the box with multiple users? No. The WinConnect Server developed by bosoft allows us to break through the restrictions and allow multiple users to make a journey to Windows XP at the same time.

Download and install

The latest version of WinConnect Server is WinConnect Server XP. The developer bosoft software provides a free trial version for users to download. The URL is http://www.thinsoftinc.com/download/winconnect-serverxp/setup.exe. the Software size is 8.40mb.

The trial version can be fully functional for 7 days. In addition, each Remote Workstation can be connected for only 30 minutes and will be automatically disabled after 30 minutes.

The installation of WinConnect Server is simple. You only need to click "Next" to complete the installation. After the installation is complete, restart the system and the WinConnect Server can start the service.

Attribute settings

After the WinConnect Server trial version is installed, a message box will pop up every time the system is started to log on to the system, reminding the user of the term of use of the software and the automatic shutdown time of the workstation. At this time, you use Remote Desktop Connection to log on to the host, and you can find that the system no longer automatically exits as before.

Next, we will perform some basic attribute settings for the WinConnect Server. Double-click the "WinConnect Server XP Control Center" shortcut created by the Program on the desktop and log on to the WinConnect Server XP console.

WinConnect Server provides two language interfaces: Chinese and English. You can click "options"/"set language" and select your preferred language interface in the open language selection box, the default value is Chinese.

Setting host properties in the WinConnect Server console is extremely simple: first select the current host in the host list on the left, such as ZJNU-0000, click action → properties ", in this case, the program displays the server information, server settings, and RDP Remote Desktop Protocol of the current host in the form of a list ,.

You can see that there is a ">" symbol in front of some list items, which indicates that this list item can be set. Double-click the option and set the option value in the pop-up dialog box. For example, to set that each Remote Desktop client connected to the host has an independent Temporary Folder, double-click the "each session has a separate Temporary Folder" list item, in the displayed dialog box, select "yes" and click "OK" to close the window.

After the configuration is complete, a Windows XP instance that supports multi-user logon is successfully set up. When you log on to the host using the Remote Desktop client program, you can also log on to the host with the Remote Desktop Web Support installed through a browser ), it can be found that the system will no longer log out automatically as before.

After the WinConnect Server is installed, Remote Desktop also supports copying and pasting files between the local host and remote host. At the same time, the 128-bit encryption method ensures the communication security between the client and the server, which is more reassuring than the default use of plaintext transmission account information for Remote Desktop. In addition, using the WinConnect Serve console, we can also view all active users logged on to the host; you can log off or disconnect remote users; the action → send message menu can also be used to send instant messages to remote users.

Tip: while experiencing the multi-user login of WinConnect Server, there is another message circulating in the computer players in the Microsoft Windows XP SP2 news discussion group: After SP2 beta is installed, you just need to expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MA-CHINE \ System \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ Terminal Server \ Licensing Core branch in the Registry Editor to create a New DWORD Value named EnableConcurrentSessions, setting the key value to "1" allows Windows XP to support two users. It seems that Windows XP SP2 is quite promising.

However, unlike WinConnect Server's multi-user logon, This method allows a maximum of two users to log on at the same time, and the logon must be a different account.