Concurrent Remote Desktop Sessions in Windows XP SP2
By vishnu
I mentioned before that Windows XP does not allow concurrent sessions for its Remote Desktop feature. What this means is that if a user is logged on at the local console, a remote user has to kick him off (and ironically, this can be done even without his permission) before starting work on the box. This is irritating and removes much of the productivity that Remote Desktop brings to Windows. Read on to learn how to remove that limitation in Windows XP SP2 A much touted feature in SP2 (Service Pack 2) since then removed was the ability to do just this, have a user logged on locally while another connects to the terminal remotely. Microsoft however removed the feature in the final build. The reason probably is that the EULA (End User License Agreement) allows only a single user to use a computer at a time. This is (IMHO) a silly reason to curtail Remote Desktop's functionality, so we'll have a workaround. Microsoft did try out the feature in earlier builds of Service Pack 2 and it is this that we're going to exploit here. We're going to replace termserv.dll (The Terminal Server) with one from an earlier build (2055). To get Concurrent Sessions in Remote Desktop working, follow the steps below exactly:
If anything goes wrong, the termserv_sp2.dll is the original file you replaced. Just rename it to termserv.dll, reboot into safe mode and copy it back. The termserv.dl_ file is provided in the zip is for you slipstreamers out there. Just replace that file with the corresponding file in the Windows installation disks. I've added in extra information from the comments below... thanks for all who researched! :-) Other links of interest:
Please note that I haven't tried out any of the links above. YMMV. If anything doesn't work with my procedure above though, post a comment here and I'll try to help!
Submitted by vishnu on Sun, 2004-11-21 12:11.
What do you mean by "most current update"? I have autoupdate turned on and it works for me. A long-term solution (perhaps) would be to install Win2003. It can support one console session and two remote desktop sessions concurrently with the default licensing schemes. This after all, is just a hack. Also, see Terminal Server Client Error 193. Submitted by circuitfive on Mon, 2005-01-03 23:58.
Hey qhitch,
Thanks for the tutorial, it's the easiest and clearest explanatin I've found on the topic. Unfortunately, it didn't work for me. After going through these steps the behavior didn't change at all. When I make a remote connection the user sitting in front of the machine gets booted out, and if another person makes a remote connection I'll get booted out (so basically, the behavior hasn't changed at all). What do you think I should do to determine what I did wrong? Here's what I've verified so far..
1) the registry key was updated properly
2) the termserv.dll files were copied properly (timestamps are updated)
...anything else I can check?
Thanks in advance,
- j.
Submitted by vishnu on Wed, 2005-01-05 20:01.
Things to do:
Since this is a hack... I don't know exactly how to debug, just that these steps worked for me. Submitted by Musicman on Tue, 2006-04-04 06:58.
I can personally attest that this hack works.
I have used it at home for several months now, and it works perfectly with zero problems on my WinXP Pro that runs 24/7.
I used the auto installer version on this website, and tried to install it, and it reminded me promptly that I needed to upgrade first to SP2, so I went to Microsoft and installed SP2, then it installed perfectly.
I have had 3 sessions logged on at the same time (One Tablet PC, Laptop, and another Desktop on my network) and have run every application I can think of with no problems, it may even support more users, but I only have 4 computers, so I can't test it any further. It also will allow you to connect remotly over the internet.
Don't know why anyone else has had a problem, remember to create your user accounts first, each user must have their own account, just like a real server would, and fast user switching must be enabled. This thing is great, I love it..
Submitted by agga on Mon, 2005-01-10 02:19.
Maybe you should add a note, that you can only start downloads while logged in as a registered user... i searched a while ;-)
Submitted by splmachine on Mon, 2005-01-17 11:27.
hey does anyone out there know if/ how to allow multiple logins with xp pro without using winconnect? Is it possible to extract the files from 2003 server or 2k server to allow more than just one login at a time?
Thanks
Submitted by JohnWPB on Thu, 2005-01-20 15:35.
I have Windows Media Center installed on my PC I am Remoting into. I have 2 Airpanels in the house to control the lights, jukebox ect, with the software on that machine.
I followed your instructions letter for letter, and also experience the same thing that circuitfive has, it still boots the first person out when a 2nd connects.
I was under the impression that WMCE was simply XP Pro with SP2 built in, along with the media center software. Shouldnt this work on a WMCE machine? Submitted by JohnWPB on Thu, 2005-01-20 16:55.
I got it to work fine and I THANK YOU for such a great Hack!!!!
Hopefully my stupid mistake will help others:
I was using the SAME account to log into RD as I was using on the machine at the time! You MUST create another account and log into the server with different user names for this to work. I can't beleive I did this, but it dosent supprise me doing this at 6:30 in the morning actually :)
On another note, I had my Airpanel, as well as this computer BOTH logged into the server and both connections were working flawlessly. So it is capable of having two remote machines connected to the server, or having one remote machine, and one local log on at the same time. You can have no more than 2 consecutive logons at one time to the server machine though. Submitted by Marc on Thu, 2005-03-03 02:06.
After doing the hack as instructed here, I found the same thing.. I could have 2 RDC's, or one RDC and one local in use.
Following the instructions at http://profiles.indesolutions.com/paul/tech/archives/000064.html I was able to have "Administrator" on the console, "user1" and "user2" BOTH on RDC.. Yes, All 3 at the same time. So, you may want to add the information from the link above here. Specificaly: d. Open up the Group Policy Editor: Start Menu > Run > 'gpedit.msc' Navigate dow in the tree to: Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Termina Services. Double-click the item in the list on the right entitled 'Limit number of connections'. Enable it, and set the number of connections to 3 (or whatever you need). Click 'OK'. Submitted by Dutchman on Sun, 2005-05-29 15:13.
I tried to increase the number of connections to 10, but only 3 connections at the same time are possible.
But i need 6 connections ...
Submitted by bradw41 on Tue, 2005-05-24 01:53.
I have been unable to get 2 concurrent sessions to work on Windows XP SP2. I have followed the directions exactly. It works when the computer is in a workgroup. But when I add it to a domain, it no longer works. Any ideas.
Submitted by trulypaladin on Sat, 2005-01-22 01:03.
I was going to post that message that you can't remotely logged onto the computer with the same account. You have to create a different account for the concurrent session to work. One other thing though, Windows 2002/2003 Server do allow users with the same account to remotely connected onto the same server at the same time. Why can't XP do the same? Sheesh.
Submitted by pkonderla on Tue, 2005-02-01 01:13.
Login under Mozilla(Firefox) is unsuccessful - maybe I may set different security.
Submitted by andykim78 on Tue, 2005-02-01 09:05.
For everybody who couldn't get this to work, here's what I had to do.
1. The registry file provided in the zipfile makes a new entry at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Terminal Server\Licensing Core
2. Make sure that you don't have a copy of termsrv.dll in your dll cache directory (ie. C:\windows\system32\dllcache) and if you do, just delete it. I was surprised when it actually worked, but it does work! Submitted by yde on Tue, 2005-02-01 22:36.
Thanks for a concise procedure to implement concurrent remote desktops.
Another site (http://profiles.indesolutions.com/paul/tech/archives/000064.html) published a similar procedure but also recommended modifying the group policy. So far this does not seem to be necessary.
One limitation is that if multiple sessions are running they have to be for different users. Is there a way to remove this restriction? I was recently working with a Windows2003 server that allowed this. In fact, I could start a "remote desktop" session on the server itself, thereby have two competely different sessions for the same user on the same machine at the same terminal and keyboard! As you can imaging, this can be very useful.
Thanks
Submitted by lee on Mon, 2005-02-14 23:42.
Hi,
I was wondering if this solution allows for audio mapping. I would like to use thin clients in a custom application, but need to have audio. Does this work?? I would like to also be able to use my PVR over RDP ie watch live tv change channels watch recorded shows. I have a fast network so that's not a problem with the video. Any knowledge on the subject would be great.
thanks in advance
aaron
Submitted by lee on Mon, 2005-02-14 23:44.
Is there another registry hack to allow more than 2 incoming connections? Also, if no one is logged onto the "server" can you have 3 incoming connections or still just 2? thanks aaron
Submitted by xlynx on Mon, 2005-05-02 10:18.
I have confirmed you can get 1 more session, making a total of 3 remote sessions or 2 remote and one console.
Run gpedit.msc and navigate to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Terminal Services. Change "Limit the number of connections" to Enabled and set the value to 3 or more.
Submitted by vishnu on Tue, 2005-05-03 02:32.
That was an outdated reply, the above article has already been changed to reflect this information.
Submitted by dczajko on Wed, 2005-02-23 20:39.
Concurrent local and remote connection by the same user might be possible in XP:
Anyone every used ntSwitch.exe (simple registry change). It’ll change win 2k Prof to 2k Server, and it’ll change XP Prof to XP Server (Whistler) and back. I tried it myself, and in Whistler, you can have ‘bob’ logged in locally, and ‘bob’ connected remotely without having to kick one of them off. Whistler doesn’t function properly so I ended up switch back to XP, however, this proves that the original sp2 “termserv.dll” can do what we want it to do (identical users connected simultaneously locally and remotely) when in Whistler mode. There has to be a way to get it to work in XP if it works in Whistler. Anybody care to figure out how to enable it?
Here’s a link to NTSwitch in case anyone wants to play with it
www.3dnews.ru/documents/1143/ntswitch.zip
Submitted by mirdle on Mon, 2006-02-06 11:15.
Has anyone figured out how to allow two concurrent remote connections using the same user account?
Submitted by MrDetox on Fri, 2006-02-24 23:35.
just wondering if anybody has worked out how to do this yet?
Submitted by jonatj on Sun, 2005-02-27 05:12.
Just like circuitfive, I've verified that:
1. the registry key for Licensing Core is in CurrentControlSet and ControlSet001 has the EnableConcurrentSessions enabled
2. the older termsrv.dll file is in %windir%\system32 and %windir%\ServicePackFiles\i386
3. the offical sp2 version is deleted from \dllcache
4. a new user was created, and put into Remote Desktop Users access list
One question I have is, what does using Firefox have to do with Remote Desktop? Is it necessary to use TSWeb or can the Remote Desktop Connection program be used?
Anyway, I'm out of ideas. Any suggestions would be welcome. Thanks in advance.
Jon
Submitted by cenk66 on Sun, 2005-02-27 19:17.
Same here. Tried everything, not allowing multiple users. I am running MCE 2005 SP2. Not sure if that makes a difference.
Submitted by vishnu on Sun, 2005-02-27 22:03.
I haven't tested this hack with MCE, since I don't have a copy of the OS to test it on. To my knowledge, only one person has reported success installing the hack on MCE.
Submitted by vishnu on Sun, 2005-02-27 22:01.
Firefox isn't related to this at all... that guy was talking about login issues with this website (I blv)
I do not know why this is not working for you, it's working for many people... try following the steps above EXACTLY once more with a CLEAN install. On one system, I had to reboot twice for this to take effect :-/
Submitted by cenk66 on Mon, 2005-02-28 01:35.
I did. Several times. Not working ! System is logged in as userA, I am trying to log in as userB and it warns me that userA will be logged off and it does. No multiple sessions. Thanks.
Submitted by vishnu on Mon, 2005-02-28 11:46.
Not sure if it matters, but is your Windows an English language version?
Submitted by jonatj on Tue, 2005-03-01 02:06.
The reason Remote Desktop Connection was prompting me to log off the other user is, I didn't have Fast User Switching turned on.
qhitch, please add that note to your directions and I bet that will help a lot of people. I guess it makes sense that if you don't have FUS on, then Windows can't use multiple sessions.
Thanks again for your help!
Submitted by jonatj on Tue, 2005-03-01 03:39.
A link to another hacked termsrv.dll and other files for RDP concurrent logon: http://www.msfn.org/board/lofiversion/index.php/t23719.html Thread of other users who figured out the RDP concurrent logon: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=23619 Patch file created for the RDP concurrent logon: http://www.sala.pri.ee/#termiserv Here are detailed instructions I put in my readme.txt file: How To enable concurrent Remote Desktop Sessions in Windows XP SP2 Thanks to qhitch (http://sig9.com/node/110) for instructions Prerequisites: Windows XP Professional SP2 Get termsrv.dll version 2055 from SP2 beta Make sure Fast User Switching is enabled and machine is not apart of a domain Make sure you have at least 2 users(besides Administrator) setup in Windows Steps: 1. Reboot into Safe Mode 2. Replace %windir%\system32\termsrv.dll with version 2055 3. Replace %windir%\ServicePackFiles\i386\termsrv.dll with version 2055 (if needed) 4. Delete %windir%\system32\dllcache\termsrv.dll 5. Apply registry tweak: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Terminal Server\Licensing Core] "EnableConcurrentSessions"=dword:00000001 6. Reboot into Windows 7. Login with one user 8. From remote machine do a Remote Desktop Connection to target system and login with credentials from 2nd user Congratulations, it shouldn't prompt you with the "need to logoff other user" message anymore! P.S. What HTML tags should I use to get hyperlinks to work when posting? Submitted by 4lexandra on Sat, 2005-03-12 02:57.
Do you know if there is a way to do this when in a domain?
Submitted by noone on Mon, 2005-09-12 04:08.
You cannot use this if your computer is on a domain because fast user switching must first be enabled. If your computer is on a domain, you cannot enable fast user switching.
Submitted by lee on Sat, 2005-03-19 21:25.
Hey everyone this a great hack, and a great thread. I have got 2 remote users and the administrator account (for a total of 3 sessions) all running on the same PC using two wyse 1125se thin clients off of Windows Media Center 2005...very cool. My wife unfortunately isn't nearly as computer savy and when she has a problem...I've got to get off the couch. I've noticed that by going to System Security and selecting the Users tab I have the ability to send messages to other users, I can disconnect them if I like and I also have the ability to control their sessions remotely, much in the same way that I do on a daily basis at work on a 2003 server. I can do everything but remote control. I get the following error
Session (ID 4) remote control failed.
I've tried changing the policy in group policy editor but it's still a no go, anyone have any ideas?
This is also great if I'm at work and she needs help with something, I can just rdp in and then take control of her session and fix it for her.
thanks again ghitch for this great thread
aaron
Submitted by lee on Sat, 2005-03-19 21:44.
I had it right the first time with group Policy editor, I simply forgot to have the other user log off and then log back on, the policy is instated on logon. Just open up group policy editor (gpedit.msc) and select \computer configuration\administrative templates\windows components\terminal services\ and the value is "Sets rules for remote control of terminal services user sessions, edit that value to whatever you want. I set it to control without permission, and the next time my wife gets on I'm going to mess with her a little bit: ) ok ok i know it's a little mean but it sure will be funny....lol
be sure to log off and log back on after you change the policy!!!!
Submitted by jpimentel on Thu, 2005-05-05 08:44.
I would like to do the same thing but I can't seem to find where the control is located. Can you give me a clue?
Thanks....
Submitted by cinthamo on Sat, 2005-08-13 23:03.
In my computer is says Windows Security, it is in the Start menu.
If it doesn't show for you, you can also go by loading the Task Manager, and going to the User tab. There are the user connected to the system, use right click to see the options that you have.
Submitted by lee on Sat, 2005-03-19 22:30.
I currently have this on a media center pc, my pc is in the entertainment center connected directly to the tv and I have two wireless thin clients (1125se's) that connect to the pc. I was considering putting a Media Center Extender in another portion of the house, since media center extenders essentially create another session much like RDP only with limited functionality (only the media center module)I wonder if this is affected with the swapping of sp2 beta files. Anyone have any insight??
Submitted by fartsimple on Sun, 2005-03-20 18:06.
i tried all this with xp and sp1 .. but all in vain .. is it necessary to install sp2 ?
Submitted by mads0078 on Thu, 2005-03-24 08:39.
This is great work with no probs
Submitted by avester27 on Wed, 2005-03-30 01:00.
Is it possible to enable fast user switching on XP Pro connected to a domain. Last I knew that was not possible. I don't see any way to enable it thus would I be correct this is not possible?
Submitted by seaVgull on Wed, 2005-03-30 20:12.
Yes, it is possible!
1. Follow the steps described in this howto above.
2. Set the "Fast User Switching Compatibility" service to start _automatically_.
3. Every time your system starts you have to set
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"AllowMultipleTSSessions"=dword:00000001
You can make it via domain polices or whatever you like.
Personally I use a task for nncron scheduler:
#( TSS
Time: START-TIME
Action:
START-APP: regedit.exe /s "C:\Program Files\TSS.reg"
)#
where TSS.reg consists of the above registry key.
4. Enjoy! :v)))
p.s. By the way, concurrent connections from the _same_ user are
also possible. Go to Start Menu > Run > 'gpedit.msc' > Computer
Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components >
Terminal Services > Restrict Terminal Services Users to a
single remote session.
Set it to "Disable". Do not forget to read the explain
of this parameter.
Also I recommend to learn other policies in this template.
You may find lots of useful things :-)
Submitted by biff_biffman on Thu, 2005-03-31 06:14.
I tried to use this as listed above on my domain. Could not get it to work. Any ideas?
Submitted by seaVgull on Thu, 2005-03-31 14:31.
How do you set AllowMultipleTSSessions?
Please note that win will set it to "0"
_every_ time your computer starts (if it is in a domain).
So you have to set that key to "1" _after_ win has set it to "0".
At _every_ startup.
I guess there is more win-native solution (templates, polices)
but for now I do not have it.
The solution with nncron task works fine in my domain.
Submitted by ccutrer on Sun, 2005-05-01 21:22.
I follow your steps, and when I'm not joined to the domain, it works, and when I join to the domain, that registry value gets set to 0, so I set it back to 1. But when it's when, I can't log in at all. No matter how I try to log in (remote, local), it authenticates me, then shows up the login screen again. I have to change it back to 0 (I access a network registry from another computer is the easiest way without going into safe mode), and I can log in again. Any ideas?
Submitted by netkepala on Mon, 2005-09-05 10:27.
hi
can i put the start script in an autoexec batch file then, will it work? Thanks Submitted by TonyKnerr on Sat, 2005-12-10 21:33.
If anyone's having trouble with this as I was, I found the only way it will work for me through much trial and error.
On the system to be accessed remotely, a second user must be created and must be logged on.
I use the name "remote" as the second user.
Both the "main" and "remote" users can be logged on to the computer at the same time, with "main" being the active one.
When, and only when these conditions are met, can a concurrent remote desktop session work (at least on my system).
If someone tries to logon to the "main" user's session instead of the "remote" user's session, their remote desktop session will appear to start ok, but then abruptly terminate.
Hope this is of some use to someone.
If anyone knows another way for this to work, please respond.
Submitted by docs on Wed, 2005-03-30 18:55.
This worked perfect. I now have 2 RDP sessions and 2 MCE Extender sessions working against one host MCE. Users need to be aware that RDP does not allow video streaming and will prompt you that you can't watch TV over the connection.
Does anyone have experience with mapping audio zones by user account? It is great to "leave audio at the host PC", but it doesn't do much good to have 2 streams coming out of the same stereo output. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Submitted by balin on Thu, 2005-07-07 17:33.
My Remote Desktop works fine (several times), UNTIL
my home Desktop logs on.. which at that point my
RD will no longer connect..
When my Desktop reboots I can then reconnect again remotely.
But rebooting can be a problem when I'm not at home..
For some reason when my desktop has not logged on, my RD's will stop working, until I get back home to reboot.
I can do the "shutdown.exe -r" command, but that can be a problem if I dont realize I can no longer connect..
I've followed all these instructions and other info I've found but I can not get my my RD to work after my desktop Re-logs back on..
Example:
Desktop is logged on.. RD will log it off and work fine, Several times it will work..
Once my desktop logs on RD will no longer work until my desktop reboots.
-- once a few hours has pased (RD having logged on/off several times).. RD will no longer connect even through my desktop has not logged on.
How can I get my RD to work even through my Desktop has logged on ?
joe_wht@MSN.com
Submitted by tomil on Fri, 2005-04-01 01:24.
1. Windows Safe Mode
2. TS_XPProMultiSessLogon.bat ============================= Rem * TS_XPProMultiSessLogon.bat * Rem ****************************** Rem if exist "%windir%\System32\termsrv.dll" copy .\termsrv.dll "%windir%\System32\" if exist "%windir%\ServicePackFiles\i386\termsrv.dll" copy .\termsrv.dll "%windir%\ServicePackFiles\i386\" regedit.exe /s .\TSMultiSess.reg 3. TSMultiSess.reg ================== REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Terminal Server\Licensing Core] "EnableConcurrentSessions"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] "AllowMultipleTSSessions"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services] "MaxInstanceCount"=dword:00000003 4. Reboot ========== Submitted by seaVgull on Fri, 2005-04-01 12:43.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"AllowMultipleTSSessions"=dword:00000001
It works only if the station with winxp is not in a domain.
Submitted by hipusmc on Sat, 2005-04-09 02:47.
could somebody please tell me what im doing wrong becuase i boot it up in safemode already all i need is to find this folder but i cant find it. what am i doint wrong thanks alot guys
Submitted by hipusmc on Sat, 2005-04-09 03:10.
my desktop and my laptop doesnt have that system 32\dllcache folder either where am i supposedly find this folder
Submitted by kerpal on Tue, 2005-04-12 16:42.
Thanks ... just what I was looking for.
Submitted by thisbejoe7 on Thu, 2005-04-14 00:53.
I have found user accounts on my XP Pro box, I installed the patch mentioned above, and manually did the steps to make sure this works. And it does, I can termainal server into my box, while another user is logged in at the console. However, there is one user account that now cannot change their background image on the desktop at the console. It just comes up black as the background. I you browse to change the image, but it won't apply. It works on my other user accounts. This just started after applying this hack. Anyone else had issues like this? How can I resolve them?
Submitted by rcir on Thu, 2005-04-14 10:24.
Has anyone yet figured out how to allow multiple sessions on a computer running XP SP2 that is on a domain? How is everyone else connecting remotely? Are they using a peer-to-peer network? By the way, on the couple computers I’ve checked, “termsrv.dll” (spelled termsrv, not termserv) is in the System32 folder. On these computers there is no dllcache folder and, yes, I do have hidden folders showing. Doing a search for dllcache brings up nothing. There is also a termsrv.dll in my C:\i386 folder. I’d rather not experiment with exchanging folders and adding things to the registry if it’s not going to work on a computer that’s part of a domain. But I’m open to suggestions.
Perhaps Microsoft wants everyone to buy terminal services licenses to allow multiple sessions on a single computer. $$ rather than the EULA agreement may be the motivation for their decision to hatchet the multiple sessions capability. They, however, forgot to change the documentation in their help file for Remote Desktop. Here’s a copy and paste from the help file:
“Remote Desktop also allows more than one user to have active sessions on a single computer. This means that multiple users can leave their applications running and preserve the state of their Windows session even while others are logged on.”
Oh well, it’s only going out to millions of people around the world.
Submitted by Helge on Wed, 2005-04-20 00:18.
rcir wrote:
Has anyone yet figured out how to allow multiple sessions on a computer running XP SP2 that is on a domain? How is everyone else connecting remotely?Yes, as shown in seaVgull's post the main problem on domain workstations is that the AllowMultipleTSSessions Key ist reset on boot. I've just added a computer startup script with the group policy editor with regedit.exe as name and /s TSS.reg as parameter. TSS.reg contains the required keys discussed here. Connection is possible with the windows RemoteDesktop client and the Unix software rdesktop. I use OpenVPN to get into the LAN from the internet, works fine. Submitted by tian55 on Tue, 2005-09-06 03:11.
I've done every thing i'm suposed to do to get the thing working, but it just doesn't want do what its suposed to do!!!
I'm trying to log into the domain with a win98 computer by using Remote Desktop and connecting to a WinXP Pro computer. It keeps on saying "the local policy of this system does not permit you to logon interactively", thats when i try to log onto the domain, and when i try to log onto the WinXP pc itself, it just closes Remote Desktop, and takes me to the place where i have to chose a computer to log onto. If there's any other advice someone can give me, or a complete list of things to do to make it work, please send it along. U can also e-mail me if u want to. I actualy need to get this working in two days time, so PLEASE, if anyone can help, PLEASE DO. Thanks in advance for any help!!! Submitted by tian55 on Tue, 2005-09-06 19:15.
Dont worry, i got it working
3 Hours Later...
Since i restarted the WinXP PC, it doesn't want to work any more.
Submitted by Sreekanth on Tue, 2005-09-06 19:24.
Hello Pal, I understand your problems. To get this thing work on a domain, you have to change some policy settings as i will direct below. Submitted by tian55 on Wed, 2005-09-07 01:59.
I did as directed, and it worked like it was suposed to. But then after i restarted the WinXP PC, it simply refused to connect again. I checked all the registry values, and the are all correct, I had a startup script to reset the Fast User Switching setting that gets set to zero when the computer starts up, and thats still working. I also checked that the new .dll was still there, and made sure the dllcache folder didnt have the old .dll in it.
When it worked i connected with many different users and they all worked. At least it doesnt complain about the local policy any more, but now it gives me the message that says that someone is logged in and that he has to disconnect to allow me on. When I had it working and i was really happy about it but, now this is making me really go mad! So Sreekanth, if you, or anyone else has any ideas, please send them this way! And Sreekanth, thanks for your help so far!!! I realy appretiate it!!! Submitted by Sreekanth on Wed, 2005-09-07 19:40.
Hello Tian55, Happy to know it worked atleast once, because we studied MCSA on a domain environment. There are some possible reasons for your problems and suggetions that i would make. Submitted by tian55 on Thu, 2005-09-08 04:14.
Hi Sreekanth, im not entirely sure, what info you're looking for, but here's a basic summary of my current setup:
I've got a Server runing Win Server 2003 Standard Edition that is the domain, Then I've got three client PC's logging onto it using Roaming Profiles. Then I've got another three, rather slow Win98 PC's (They're to slow for XP) that i want to use to connect to one of the WinXP PC's using Remote Desktop and having concurrent sessions, because buying terminal services access licences for server are too expencive for me at the moment. In genaral I follow all those suggestions you mentioned above, exept that I must be able to log on at the local console using normal domain users aswell because I need as many terminals as possible. Here's a screenshot of the error message I get every time i try to log into the WinXP PC, whehter i try to log on two RDP sessions or one RDP session and one local, it's the same error. 
Like I said yesterday, I had it working perfectly untill I restarted the WinXP PC, when it worked I loged in using a whole lot of different users, local and domain, and I logged in three users without any problems. I since then, I've tried everything I can think of. After having no success, I took one of the other XP PC's and tried setting it up to work this way, but I had no luck then, I even took the last XP PC and tried setting it up EXACTLY as it's described on this site. But I had no luck. All three of the PC's are newly setup using Microsoft's OEM Pre-installation Kit, and all have the newest Windows Updates. The only other applications I've installed are MS OfficeXP and Encarta. I know this might be asking a lot, but if possible could you next time maybe post like a guide to install the Patch on PC's that are on domains, with like details on what policies must be set and what Registry keys must be changed, because there might be something that I'm forgetting and thats causing this whole mess. Once again thanks A LOT for your help!!! Tian Submitted by Sreekanth on Thu, 2005-09-08 07:20.
Hello Tian, let me first ask a few things, is the win98 system client of the domain? If so, is the user T3 a domain user or local user? These are essentially the most necessary things that i must know to figure it out. Please reply, Bye -Sreekanth SCTCE.info-SCTCE Unofficial Community WebsiteSubmitted by tian55 on Thu, 2005-09-08 18:43.
The Win98 system is not part of the domain, its just on a workgroup, but it can connect to the WinXP system that is on the domain through a RDP connection, but just doesn't want to log on.
Secondly, the user named T3 is a domain user that has a roaming profile, Properdata is the domain name. Hope you figure it out, Tian Submitted by tian55 on Sat, 2005-09-10 03:55.
I might know what the problem is, but im not quite sure how to fix it.
Firstly I must say, im relatively new to setting up servers and that sort of thing. Everything i've learnt, i learnt from just playing around with Windows Server, so if I miss something that might be obvious, please forgive me. Back to what I think might be the problem, only when I start the WinXP PC up before the Server, or disconnect either of them from the network while the Server is booting, does the concurrent RDP connections work. So, I figured it must be the Domain Group Policies, but even if I set all the settings the same as they are on the XP PC, it doesnt want to work like it should. I can go along with the settup like it is now, for now, but its sort of annoying that I have to turn the Server off before I can start one of the XP PC's. So PLEASE, what settings must i set?, Tian Submitted by Sreekanth on Sun, 2005-09-18 18:04.
Sorry Pal, I was on a vacation, so couldnt reply. I'll definitely try to solve your problem with the currently given data and post as soon as possible. Will surely keep you updated. Bye, Sreekanth SCTCE.info-SCTCE Unofficial Community WebsiteSubmitted by tian55 on Tue, 2005-09-20 01:34.
Its good to have you back, i was just getting a bit worried, but thanks for your help.
Tian Submitted by energeeuk on Fri, 2006-11-17 18:12.
Its Sorted Hopefully
Hi guys This works for computers connected to a DOMAIN I've created an installer, just download from here http://www.eukmail.com/downloads/ Download the EUKRemoteSetup1.2.4.zip file, please unpack and install. I've deployed this on over 50 pc's now and its worked on all, i get a few problems only when 2+ are connected to one pc and they disconnect, it seems logging off works better. Sorry guys but this does not work on Windows XP 64Bit edition i'm still working on the 64Bit edition so please bear with me. Can you please give me some feed back on this. Submitted by noone on Sat, 2005-04-30 02:43.
after i played with it a while, i saw "unable to log you on because of an acount restriction" msg, when i tried to RD connect to my computer, and when i disabled auto logon, i got this msg again when i was tried to logon my computer manualy.(strange i know...)
but the realy weird thing is that the service "Terminal Service" was not able to start, it gave me an "unhandled exception" error msg, and svchost tried to shutdown the machine (same screen like in blaster), anyway i replaced the termserv.dll with the original one, and for now - it's seems to be working
Submitted by Starf on Wed, 2005-05-11 20:13.
I am using Windows XP professional with SP2 in a domain and I am trying to configure the concurrent session for the remote desktop protocol.
First of all I replaced the DLL files and added the remote desktop users. After that I changed the registry settings with the following values:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Terminal Server\Licensing Core]
"EnableConcurrentSessions"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"AllowMultipleTSSessions"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services]
"MaxInstanceCount"=dword:00000003
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\terminal server\
"TSenabled"=dword:00000001
Also the following services are running:
Remote procedure call
Fast user switching
Terminal services
I have tested the concurrent session for the remote desktop protocol by logging in from a remote computer and by using an existing remote desktop protocol user account. Yesterday it worked just fine without any problems. I did receive a banner when I turned my system down it said; "There are currently one or more users connected to this computer are you sure you want shut down?", so I answered yes to end the session of the remote desktop user. I don’t know if this is the cause of the problem which I have experienced today.
Today I am experiencing the same problem as before that there already is a user logged on and if I will continue to logon on this remote machine the user will be logged of. I have double checked all the settings which I have added before and they are all configured as before. All services are running and all registry settings are equal as listed above.
Can somebody help me please?
Submitted by diego_98 on Mon, 2005-05-23 06:04.
I ONLY CAN GET 2 RDP SESSION AND 1 CONSOLE SESSION, OR, 3 RDP SESSIONS.
How to hack windows multiple active session???
i can get 4 RDP sessions and one console, but, is not easy to get access and it have low stability.
on xp sp2
1- connect a 2 rdp and 1 console normal.
2- disable on xp machine "server" LAN connection,
3- Inmediatly enable it.
4- while the 2 RDP active sessions find conecction, other client can be connected.
if you repeat from step 2 to 4, you can connect 4 RDP active sessions, but if any session is disconnect, you need repeat it.
please help me... i need use 4 or more rdp sessions with easy access. diego_98@hotmail.com
diego_98 -May 22, 2005
Submitted by Dutchman on Sun, 2005-05-29 15:25.
Having the same problem - need also more than 3 Users at the same time!
Increasing the value in >>
Open up the Group Policy Editor: Start Menu > Run > 'gpedit.msc'
Navigate dow in the tree to: Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Termina Services. Double-click the item in the list on the right entitled 'Limit number of connections'. Enable it, and set the number of connections to 3 (or whatever you need). didn´t function. Only 3 connections....
Submitted by netkepala on Mon, 2005-08-01 20:44.
I followed everything is this article and has got it running
However only 3 concurrent users at any time Did anyone manage to get more users ? Submitted by jledhead on Wed, 2005-05-25 11:15.
followed the directions and I know have more then one concurrent connection.
thanks :)
Submitted by joe on Sun, 2005-06-05 23:14.
I tried for ages to get this working on my main box, to no avail. Then I tried it on my laptop and it worked like a charm! Comparing all the relevant registry entries revealed an extra key in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Terminal Server\Licensing Core, which was:
"PolicyAcOff"=dword:00000005.
After I added this to my main box it worked no problem. Heres the modified version of the reg file if anyone wants to try it. Great article by the way!
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Terminal Server\Licensing Core]
"EnableConcurrentSessions"=dword:00000001
"PolicyAcOff"=dword:00000005
Submitted by footswitch on Wed, 2005-06-08 06:42.
Hi there,
Thanks for this great tutorial! I run Windows XP Professional SP2 PORTUGUESE and the only problem I had was with file replacement. This might help for some. I had to do the folowing: 1. DISABLE Remote Desktop in My Computer --> Properties --> Remote; 2. DISABLE the Terminal Services within 'services.msc' (double-click, select DISABLED, press OK); 3. Restart normally; 4. Replace the files as explained in the Tutorial (Cancel any attempt from Windows to restore the original files, due to the File Protection thing); 5. Apply the .reg file; 6. I haven't checked yet if this is needed, but just in case I put a .cmd in the "All Users\Startup" folder with instructions to add the .reg file every Startup; 7. ENABLE Remote Desktop in My Computer --> Properties --> Remote; 8. ENABLE the Terminal Services within 'services.msc' (double-click, select AUTOMATIC and Start the service, press OK); DON'T FORGET TO RESTART your system after doing the whole thing!! Else it might not actually work... So here you go: it works for international versions of Windows XP Pro SP2 =) Thanks again! =D Submitted by MikeA on Fri, 2005-06-10 01:24.
This is a cool hack, and solves half my problem. I have a dedicated home automation server and an Airpanel for wireless remote control. What I would like to do is have the current display on my Airpanel always shown on the VGA output of my home automation server. The purpose is to be able to allow browsing of my media library, for example, visible on my big screen while being controlled on my Airpanel. This lets several people see the media library at the same time, for example, to agree on a movie to watch.
Is there a way to make this happen? As I understand it right now, the local server session and the RDP session are independent, meaning each would have its own video, audio, applications running, etc... What I want to do is have the local server VGA output slaved to the video being displayed on my RDP session.
Thanks
MikeA
Submitted by martinkoss on Fri, 2005-06-17 10:53.
I've read the article several times to see if I missed anything - and referred to http://profiles.indesolutions.com/paul/tech/archives/000064.html to see if there was anything there that I missed. The one reason I CANNOT GET IT TO WORK is due to the WIndows XP Pro (host) being connected to our network and Domain Server.
The part of the article that refers to 'Fast User Switching' gets me stumped as that option is NOT available when connected to a domain aparantly. That is the one reason this will not work for me and possibly others with a similar network.
I can see why it WILL WORK for people with a simple set-up without logging into a domain server.
Good article and WELL WRITTEN.
Too bad it didn't help me - back to the drawing board with a little less hair than I had yesterday!!!
Submitted by netkepala on Sun, 2005-06-19 09:25.
Hi,
I followed all the instructions in this article and manage to more than 1 concurrent connection
However the maximum number of connection is only 3
Is there anyone who manage to get more than 3 connection?
I have set MaxInstanceCount=dword:00000005 but still only 3 connection
Thanks
Submitted by ZeroCool898 on Thu, 2005-07-07 08:58.
I want to try this but I can't seem to see where you put the file. I even signed up. I saw a link to a file on MSFN forums but I don't want to keep signing up everywhere just to get this file.
Submitted by ZeroCool898 on Thu, 2005-07-07 09:15.
The file show'd up at the bottom after restarting the browser a couple times. Followed your steps and it worked perfect, didn't need to do the tweaks from the other guys.
What would be nice though is to have fast user switching without the welcome screen.
Submitted by balin on Fri, 2005-07-08 01:25.
I'm not able to reconnect more than 2 times using Remote Desktop (RD).. when I use "Log Off", Without Rebooting.
I -CAN- use "Disconnect", I get the error" The remote session was ended by Admin tool.." .. when I use Disconnect and log back in it takes 25+ seconds for the remote system to show up. I can connect over and over.. but I dont care for the dead time.
I did use the 'gpedit.msc' and enabled the Limit Number, Keep-Alive, and any other option that might help me stay or reconnect. (changing the Limit # to 3 or more didn't work for me... ?-?-? )
Anyone have any suggestions toward allowing reconnection after Log off ?
Prev Msg:
My Remote Desktop works fine (several times), UNTIL my home Desktop logs on.. which at that point my RD will no longer connect.. When my Desktop reboots I can then reconnect again remotely. But rebooting can be a problem when I'm not at home.. For some reason when my desktop has not logged on, my RD's will stop working, until I get back home to reboot. I can do the "shutdown.exe -r" command, but that can be a problem if I dont realize I can no longer connect.. I've followed all these instructions and other info I've found but I can not get my my RD to work after my desktop Re-logs back on.. Example: Desktop is logged on.. RD will log it off and work fine, Several times it will work.. Once my desktop logs on RD will no longer work until my desktop reboots. -- once a few hours has pased (RD having logged on/off several times).. RD will no longer connect even through my desktop has not logged on. How can I get my RD to work even through my Desktop has logged on ? joe_wht@MSN.com
Submitted by bob_43_4300 on Tue, 2005-07-19 22:19.
Hello,
I got fast user switching to work on a domain by using the program called Front Motion Login http://www.frontmotion.com/downloads.htm However I still have not yet gotten mutiple RDC to work on a domain. I think that the soultion is in the fast user switching and I would be happy to help in figuring it out.
Submitted by redriff on Tue, 2005-07-26 23:30.
I didn't bother going into safe mode, i just renamed the termserv.dll to termserv1.dll then copied the new one from the zip to the directories, then followed the rest of the instructions and rebooted. Worked perfect 1st time.
Submitted by lee on Tue, 2005-08-02 01:20.
I pulled my comments after finding that my IP is logged and easily retrieved by simply going to the track tab. I'd love to share, but I don't need my IP address to be associated with my comments...not cool...
Submitted by netkepala on Wed, 2005-08-03 23:40.
Dear Lee,
How did u manage to do it?
If ur worried abt ur ip being tracked, perhaps we can communicate thru email then?
Submitted by itfixitguy on Thu, 2005-08-18 03:22.
Lee -- If you have XP Remote Desktop working for more than 3 concurrent sessions (ie, 4 to 9) - please contact me via email to share the good news!
It would be awesome and a huge savings to a really good non-profit if I could figure out how to get more than 3 and still stay below the license level of 10.
In our mind - we will envision you as a relative hero of the story.
Thanks.
Submitted by mrlink on Mon, 2006-02-27 09:55.
Lee,
Can you please email me the solution to having 4 - 16 concurrent connections to XP Pro? Or can you post your own blog elsewhere and just send me a link? Thanks, mrlink@engineer.cjb.net Submitted by markc on Wed, 2006-07-12 07:29.
Hi Lee
Could you please send me an email with the instructions on how to enable more than 3 concurrent RDP users with a Win XP Pro host.
Thanks
Submitted by jamie on Thu, 2005-08-04 13:33.
Thanks, worked like a charm! Who needs Virtual PC!
Submitted by Meditation on Fri, 2005-08-05 00:52.
Excellent tutorial. Worked perfectly on a newly installed WindowsXP Pro + SP2 machine.
Edit :
Adding on a couple of notes from experience.
Our setup -
Host computer : Athlon 64 3000+ Venice (OC'd to 2.0Ghz) with 1Gb of RAM.
Client computer : iMac G5 1.6Ghz with 1Gb of RAM.
Most of the time we can have two programs open at the same time and use them without any problems (she can transfer and listen to music on her iPod mini connected by Firewire while I do the same with my iPod Shuffle HSB via Winamp).
A few exemptions may occur when the software doesn't have user-specific profiling (for example HydraIRC).
There are also slight problems which I assume are bugs that went unchecked in the beta release. On my profile I turned off all system sounds, but on the remote profile the default ones were still left on. When I tried to do something the computer didn't like I didn't get the ding sound, but the iMac did.
Second slight problem - the iMac has a Wacom tablet and the PC has a Logitech MX1000 mouse. When the remote session connects the MX1000 may lose the ability to use buttons other than the standard left and right buttons. The wheel still works but all the other buttons stop working. This can SOMETIMES be fixed by unplugging the mouse and plugging it back in but more often than not you have to wait for the remote session to disconnect, then take out the mouse and plug it back in.
But for an enviroment like ours these are minor problems for a function that is nothing short of a godsend. Slowdowns with two sessions open are non existant so far despite both of us having a fair few applications open.
Submitted by netkepala on Sat, 2005-08-13 15:13.
hi all
Does this hack work on winserver 2003 ? How many concurrent users can I get ? Did anyone manage to get more than 3 concurrent users on XP system ? Pls email me Thanks Submitted by itfixitguy on Thu, 2005-08-18 03:18.
I have read a lot of threads over the past two weeks on this topic.
Using the information in this thread, I have been able to get Remote Desktop XP working for three (3) sessions - but nothing more. I can connect as a combination of 1 console and 2 remote, or 3 remote.
I am very, very interested in having up to 9 concurrent sessions - and staying within the "10 Session" limit as described in the XP Pro license agreement. Fortunately - this also just happens to meet my overall need for my maximum number of "Remote Concurrent Users".
The goal is working with a non-profit to have multiple folks connecting via remote desktop to then use a "multiuser" version of "AuctionTracker" - without going the difficulties of setting up a Windows Server 2000/2003 box.
Leading up to the event, 3 connections is sufficient -- but during the night of the event - I really need to have up to 9 connections working to have the event come off without a hitch.
I am open to any and all ideas on how to get XP Pro Remote Desktop to support more than 3 connections - provided it doesn't include a purchase of Winconnect XP. Yikes! $100 a user.
Please email me direct if you have an answer but don't want to post in this open forum.
Thanks.
Submitted by Notes on Sun, 2005-09-25 08:26.
Uhm.. You don't need to "hack" Windows Server 2003 - it does multiple RDP sessions by design. It's called Terminal Services.
Submitted by Hello212 on Thu, 2005-08-18 11:50.
I just found this:
http://unattended.msfn.org/advanced/hackedfiles/tcp.htm
I don't know if it is for Remote Desktop though. It might be related...
Submitted by netkepala on Sat, 2005-08-20 09:43.
Dear Hello212
Pls enabled your email. I have some idea but dunno if can work ... Submitted by Hello212 on Fri, 2005-08-19 04:42.
Hi!
I am using Windows XP Pro with service pack 2. How can i have MORE than 3 concurrent users accessing my computer through Remote Desktop? Basically, how can i make it like Winconnect Server XP??
Right now i can ONLY have 3 conccurent sessions even though i have "Limit Number of Connections" set to 99999. I’ve searched the internet for DAYS maybe even a whole week and all the hacks I’ve seen can only give you three concurrent sessions. It seems like absolutely nobody has been able to get more than three besides the company that makes WinConnect Xp.
There are a few other people that would also like to know. We appreciate the help!!
For those people who just want 3 connections like me go here: http://sig9.com/articles/concurrent-remote-desktop?from=50&comments_per_page=50
KEY WORDS: Remote desktop hack crack patch terminal server terminal services concurrent sessions simultaneous VNC netmeeting remote assistance 10 users 21 users 3 users 2+1 users 10 sessions 21 sessions 3 sessions 2+1 sessions registry hack local console dword 2082 2055 rdp termsrv.dll system32 Fast User Switching gpedit.msc group policy regedit.exe windows 2003 windows 2000 server windows server 2003 application server hack licensing token more users
Submitted by lee on Sat, 2005-08-20 19:44.
Hello everyone, Has anyone tried this? I don't know if it will work... Log user A on, Log user B on, Log user C on. 1. With user A, shadow B 2. Log on User D 3. With User C, shadow D 4. Log on User E 5. Exit the shadowed sessions, 5 concurrent users. How to shadow: Go into windows security (Ctrl-Alt-Delete) and go to the users tab, right click on the user and select "Remote Control." Why this might work: Winlogon.exe is responsible for logging users on, if it sees 3 active sessions, the 4th session will be denied. When you shadow a user, instead of your session being active, it is listed as "shadow" therefore, there are only 2 active sessions and the next logon is allowed, once you exit the shadow state, you have already bypassed winlogon.exe and you are able to all actively work, once you log off though, you would have to go through the process again, so it's not ideal. Like I said, it probably won't work...but it's worth a try don't you think? I have also heard that some people are using a hex editor to permanently alter winlogon.exe to allow for unlimited/no hassle concurrent sessions. I think that this might be the link, I'm not sure though. http://groups.msn.com/pass-ts/general.msnw aaron
Submitted by lee on Sat, 2005-08-20 19:48.
Let me know if anyone gets it to work
Submitted by netkepala on Mon, 2005-08-22 08:10.
Nope, can't work
Keep on getting session ID error can't remote control when I tried shadowing another user Submitted by lee on Mon, 2005-08-22 22:58.
When you shadow another user the user that you are trying to shadow receives a message that essentially says "Do you want to allow userX to shadow" If no one clicks yes then it won't work. You can go into gpedit.msc and set it so that it will automatically take control without the prompt which is how i have it set up. I shadow users ALL the time. So THIS DOES WORK...
Submitted by georgeadams on Fri, 2005-12-09 22:52.
Lee said:
When you shadow another user the user that you are trying to shadow receives a message that essentially says "Do you want to allow userX to shadow" If no one clicks yes then it won't work. You can go into gpedit.msc and set it so that it will automatically take control without the prompt which is how i have it set up. I shadow users ALL the time. So THIS DOES WORK...Hi! I know it's a bit late to be asking, but I just got here... Can you please tell me where exactly is this option in gpedit.msc ?? Thanx Submitted by Sreekanth on Tue, 2005-08-23 07:33.
Hi Guys,
For all your RD problems and RA problems, the best solution would be to move to WIN03
Win 03 in standalone server mode supports 1+2 connections and when promoted as a Terminal Server supports unlimited connections which means 1+unlimited Hope you know how to USE RAS Server configurations to promote it as a terminal server. or simply install terminal services from add/remove pgms and then do following :::RUN>MMC>FILE>ADD/REMOVE SNAP IN>ADD>REMOTE DESKTOPS>LEFT TAB>RIGHT CLICK TO GET A NEW CONNECTION Submitted by netkepala on Tue, 2005-08-30 12:18.
I think this is only valid for 90 days
After that you need to pay Microsoft for TS license and set up license server Submitted by Sreekanth on Tue, 2005-08-30 13:21.
Yes, its only valid for 90 days as an evaluation copy TS service, but they do not object you in using it as long as you dont get caught. BTW, who does use a licenced copy of Win03 here? Anyway, I dont. I am a student and hence, I study on an eval copy. But I kept on using it after 90 days You may Bypass the Licence Server Configuration using a developer certificate SCTCE.info-SCTCE Unofficial Community WebsiteSubmitted by netkepala on Sat, 2005-09-17 23:05.
Hi
I used NT Switch to convert XP Pro to Whistler server but still can't get more than 3 concurrent users. It's supposed to remove this limit, any ideas? I think I have solved the screen corruption problem caused by Whistler server. Change each user's desktop preference to classic desktop and classic start button BEFORE applying NT Switch Submitted by Oracle_sod on Tue, 2005-09-20 09:19.
i just installed the RDC (TS) patch from the above link
i have 2 user accounts on the workstation, before the patch, both could log in remotly (one at a time)
now only one user can log in, the other user gets a "unable to log you on because of an account restriction" error message
any ideas on why this would have happend
Submitted by jpimentel on Wed, 2005-09-21 18:34.
Make sure all remote users are a memeber of the "Remote Desktop Users" group.
Has anyone been able to crack the 3 login barrier without shadowing...? If so could you please share this with us??
Regards,
JP
Submitted by JuanMarco1 on Mon, 2005-09-26 14:36.
HI,
I struggled for a while to make this work...it turned out the ControlSet to use on my Machine was not ControlSet001 (which disappears after each power-cycle ;-(...) neither ControlSet but ControlSet002 !! go wonder!...
Now works great. Thank for this Thread guys !
JMJ
Submitted by netkepala on Tue, 2005-09-27 09:37.
Hi,
What's the maximum number of users you can get for media center XP? It seems like each installation has different ControlSet keys. Some is ControlSet001, some is CurrentControlSet and yours is ControlSet002. It's worthwhile to set each controlset By the way, where can I get just the media center XP OS without the media center PC ? Submitted by sbah on Mon, 2005-10-10 19:05.
Hi there.
I ran the patch on both 2 XP pro SP2 boxes.
Multi-session via rdp is doing all right, but ....
I have wifi connection to the internet that stops working when a second session is opened (the order of logging. (Local / Remote, Remote / Local), have no impact).
In fact the Wifi is still available, the other box can use it, but it becomes "unavailable" on the other box after one or two minutes.
The Rdp connection is not made on the WLan interface.
Do you have any idea on what is going on ?
Submitted by minhphuoc275 on Mon, 2005-10-24 14:24.
I'm using winxp Build 2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519 (service pack 2).
1. Go to safe mode -> ok
2. Replace %windir%\system32\termsrv.dll with version 2055 --> i don't know with this version can work or not in my version windows-xp
3. Replace %windir%\ServicePackFiles\i386\termsrv.dll with version 2055 (if needed) --> i don't have this path
4. Delete %windir%\system32\dllcache\termsrv.dll --> i can't find "%windir%\system32\dllcache", so i can't delete this file
5. Apply registry tweak:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Terminal Server\Licensing Core]
"EnableConcurrentSessions"=dword:00000001
--> that's fine
6. I do follow seaVgull:
a. Follow the steps described in this howto above.
b. Set the "Fast User Switching Compatibility" service to start _automatically_.
c. Every time your system starts you have to set [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] "AllowMultipleTSSessions"=dword:00000001
You can make it via domain polices or whatever you like. Personally I use a task for nncron scheduler: #( TSS Time: START-TIME Action: START-APP: regedit.exe /s "C:\Program Files\TSS.reg" )# where TSS.reg consists of the above registry key.
d. Enjoy! :v))) p.s. By the way, concurrent connections from the _same_ user are also possible. Go to Start Menu > Run > 'gpedit.msc' > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Terminal Services > Restrict Terminal Services Users to a single remote session. Set it to "Disable". Do not forget to read the explain of this parameter. Also I recommend to learn other policies in this template. You may find lots of useful things :-)
But it doesn't work, help me please! i'm need
Submitted by minhphuoc275 on Mon, 2005-10-24 14:25.
I'm using winxp Build 2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519 (service pack 2).
1. Go to safe mode -> ok
2. Replace %windir%\system32\termsrv.dll with version 2055 --> i don't know with this version can work or not in my version windows-xp
3. Replace %windir%\ServicePackFiles\i386\termsrv.dll with version 2055 (if needed) --> i don't have this path
4. Delete %windir%\system32\dllcache\termsrv.dll --> i can't find "%windir%\system32\dllcache", so i can't delete this file
5. Apply registry tweak:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Terminal Server\Licensing Core]
"EnableConcurrentSessions"=dword:00000001
--> that's fine
6. I do follow seaVgull:
a. Follow the steps described in this howto above.
b. Set the "Fast User Switching Compatibility" service to start _automatically_.
c. Every time your system starts you have to set [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] "AllowMultipleTSSessions"=dword:00000001
You can make it via domain polices or whatever you like. Personally I use a task for nncron scheduler: #( TSS Time: START-TIME Action: START-APP: regedit.exe /s "C:\Program Files\TSS.reg" )# where TSS.reg consists of the above registry key.
d. Enjoy! :v))) p.s. By the way, concurrent connections from the _same_ user are also possible. Go to Start Menu > Run > 'gpedit.msc' > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Terminal Services > Restrict Terminal Services Users to a single remote session. Set it to "Disable". Do not forget to read the explain of this parameter. Also I recommend to learn other policies in this template. You may find lots of useful things :-)
But it doesn't work, help me please! i need
Submitted by netkepala on Thu, 2005-10-27 09:00.
You can one of the followings :-
1. Set fast user switching on thru the control panel->user settings 2. Use CurrentControlSet instead of ControlSet1 3. Make sure your user is part of the remote desktop user group P/S - Pls remove your extra posting Does anyone manage to break the 3 users limit ? Submitted by halcmx on Wed, 2005-11-02 21:32.
I understand the procedure of accomplishing this. Does it
matter on which machine this is done on? The one which is
the second remote desktop? The original remote desktop?
The server? or all three PCs?
I'm guessing the second remote desktop, am I right?
Submitted by sajtron on Thu, 2005-11-03 03:52.
I have concurent remote desktop working well but I have one problem with mouse driver. When another user logs on my mouse wheel and other special buttons stop working until i restart my computer.It seems like theirs mice drivers have replaced mine.Both users are in group Users and Remote Desktop Users.Can anybody helps me?
Submitted by haxxor on Tue, 2005-11-08 01:05.
What do you do if Novell disables the fast user switching access?
Submitted by lwright on Fri, 2005-11-11 15:27.
Hi,
You can definitely have more than 3 users. I've seen this. Try the patch here: http://www.sala.pri.ee/#termiserv. It's interesting because to the left of the start menu it changes from Win XP Pro to "Terminal Server". It is definitely Win XP Pro though. It just thinks it's a terminal server!
Hope this helps.
Submitted by kysang on Sat, 2005-11-12 01:35.
Nop. So far, all tips to use more than 3 users didn't work. I'm squeezing the web to find any new clue on how to to this.
By the way, the 3 users tip is working like a breeze.
If I find anything new I'll post it here!
Submitted by hyadus on Thu, 2005-12-01 12:30.
I've followed all the steps. I can remotely log into two of my user accounts, but I can't keep the local computer from going to the login screen. When I log into the account I want (admin) it knocks me off the remote desktop. Is there something I should try?
Submitted by haridsv on Fri, 2005-12-02 12:10.
The hack worked great for me. However, I don't like fast user switching, mainly because I have to use mouse to login on the console. When I disabled this, I was able to use Ctrl+Alt+Del to bring up the login dialog, but now I have to click on the username to start this. Can I somehow get this behavior back?
Thanks,
Hari
Submitted by chaerani on Mon, 2005-12-05 15:06.
Hi, i tried the patch installer linked above. I followed all the instruction (fast user switching, not joining domain, and to ignore all windows dialog box until the installer finishes). However, it didn't work, i think it's because my computer is preloaded by winxp (the installer didn't come on separate CD), hence each time i run the patch and restart, the computer restore to the original state.
So i decided i wanted to try Vishnu's step as outlined above. But before i start, i wanna know whether the above steps would work when the winxp is preloaded onto my computer. Please advise. thanks!
Submitted by georgeadams on Fri, 2005-12-09 22:55.
Lee said:
When you shadow another user the user that you are trying to shadow receives a message that essentially says "Do you want to allow userX to shadow" If no one clicks yes then it won't work. You can go into gpedit.msc and set it so that it will automatically take control without the prompt which is how i have it set up. I shadow users ALL the time. So THIS DOES WORK...Hi! I know it's a bit late to be asking, but I just got here... Can you please tell me where exactly is this option in gpedit.msc ?? Thanx Submitted by georgeadams on Fri, 2005-12-09 23:11.
never mind, I think I found it: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292190Thanks anyway Submitted by haridsv on Mon, 2005-12-26 09:25.
Now that it is possible to have multiple users simultaneously working, I would like to know if we can fine tune the startup programs such a way that it is not the same set for all users. What you see when you run msconfig seems to be common to all users. We can probably disable a program here and selectively add to the Startup but it is dedious and will be left out during the uninstallation of programs. Thanks for any information.
Submitted by quixote on Fri, 2006-01-06 03:48.
My situation: I want to be able to remote in as admin in the
background without forcing users to log out when I need to go
fix something.
What I've done so far:
What doesn't work yet:
So, If after bootup, I log in as admin, do the following two things, it all works after i log out: how do I set this up so they run after the computer is mostly there/joined domain/etc, but before the first user logs in? I'm normally a UNIX guy, so I don't know how to make a domain policy as was indicated in another post (I inherited these systems... and the domain master is actually a samba server, in case that changes the info I get). Submitted by sharong on Tue, 2006-01-24 19:34.
I did everything in this post and after reading the nice comments I also mage a reg file (AllowConcurrentRemoteSessions.reg) that contains:
////////////////////////////////////
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"AllowMultipleTSSessions"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Terminal Server\Licensing Core]
"EnableConcurrentSessions"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"AllowMultipleTSSessions"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services]
"MaxInstanceCount"=dword:00000003
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\terminal server]
"TSenabled"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\Licensing Core] "EnableConcurrentSessions"=dword:00000001
"PolicyAcOff"=dword:00000005
////////////////////////////////////
I added a batch file to be executed on boot by registering it to the registry at 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
And this batch file contains:
regedit.exe /s "C:\AllowConcurrentRemoteSessions.reg"
I also started the 'Fast User Switching Compatibility' service.
And of course reset the PC after all that.
But now when I try to connect using the Remote Desktop with a different user (user other then the currently logged on), it simply do nothing and return to the connect windows over and over.
And if I try to connect with same user (same user as the currently logged on user), it also simply do nothing and return to the connect windows over and over, But locally logged on user is thrown out and I can not log on back again locally, I must to reset of shutdown to be able to logon again.
Any idea?
-------
Thanks
Sharon
Submitted by pedplar on Wed, 2006-01-25 07:45.
I have gotten this to work on 2 xp pro. both of them was installed with sp2 slipstreamed into the install. Now the 3rd one is different. whenever I use the hacked termsrv.dll I get Generic Host Process for Win32 Service errors caused by termsrv.dll then a 1 min timer starts to count down for a reboot any idea what could be causing this
Submitted by yasir on Sun, 2006-01-29 23:59.
Can i Have the Cline Desktop using Username & Password on lan. i want 2 know what clients r doing without distrubing them like hackers.
Submitted by miskomisko on Tue, 2006-01-31 23:01.
Can sb explain me how it works with this kind of application, my friend tried it and it noticed, that it doesnt work if two person logged into one machine want independent to use some f.r. openggl application...
how is it with videomemorry? I know that this technologies allow direct access to HAL, and that f.e. if i try switch off from fullscreen to windowed my application must redraw scene because i will see only black screen in window....
Submitted by Male4Sale on Fri, 2006-02-03 00:02.
This is such a wonderful hack .... I love it. It works perfectly. Keep up the great work! Thank you ... You have made my life just a little easier! :)
Submitted by niceboy on Sat, 2006-02-04 17:12.
hi vishu..
thats a great work man. i'll try it later.
but, is there any FREE client software which can boot from floppy and connect to xp rdp server.
i tried thinstation which did not work for me. and DOSRdp which is very good(can connect from dos), but it will be automatically disconnected after 15 min's and has support for 640 x 480 resolution only(because i have a trial version only.).
thx
niceboy.
Submitted by netkepala on Thu, 2006-02-16 14:50.
hi,
the company that makes dosrdp has been bought over by 2x.com. So dosrdp no longer available.
Can any kind soul here pls let me know where i can download a working dosrdp (not demo) since this product has been discontinued
Tks
Submitted by KoJack on Mon, 2006-02-20 06:48.
Hehe, I joined just now for this. Here's the scenario:
I have tried all those methods and no hope. The reason may be because I run Windows XP Pro x64. I noticed a file was provided to replace the beta version of termsev.dll. Funny enough, When I used my own copy, the version of the one provided was different to my one. My one is apparently newer. I was wondering if there is another way around this for x64 versions. Yea I got fast user switch and the sorts right. I use them anyway because this is a home pc really.
Thanks
Submitted by ef on Wed, 2006-06-21 15:52.
Just wondering if you had any luck finding a solution for a Windows XP Pro x64 concurrent multiuser remote desktop? Tried the termsrv.dll as well but it didn’t work. If you know of any non-MS software that might work please let me know.
Thanks.
Submitted by philippjosefrichard on Sat, 2006-02-25 14:44.
Your advice: Merge the contents of Concurrent Sessions SP2.reg file into the registry.
with the command regedit in Windows XP I can open the registry-editor.
But there are 5 HKEYs. Whichone is to be altered?
Sorry, I am not good in windows, I am a not-Windows-User
Thanks for help
Philipp
Submitted by mrlink on Mon, 2006-02-27 09:29.
Philipp,
Go to: http://sala.pri.ee/terminal-server-patch/ Then download "The Latest Binary", run the .exe and this will install everything you need to start having up to 3 connections to an XP machine. Submitted by mrlink on Mon, 2006-02-27 09:23.
Hi all,
Tried this and it does work well, though it only allows 3 simultaneous connections. I see others have found this also, has anyone found a work around yet?
I have been trying to combine 2k3 Terminal Services in XP, with no luck as of yet. I need to have 4 - 16 concurrent remote connections to an XP Pro box (SP2). If anyone has the know-how to enable this, please post it or you can email me if you prefer not to post in here. You will be a hero for 3 of my non-profit clients. Thanks in advance. mrlink@engineer.cjb.net Submitted by dot651 on Tue, 2006-02-28 11:22.
i too am still looking around for a way to get more than 3 concurrnet connections. iv looked everywhere in my registry and in some terminal service settings and still no results. if anyone knows how to get more than 3 concurrent connections, plase post. also, is there a way to set a range of ports that remote desktop can use to connect remotely?
Submitted by netkepala on Wed, 2006-03-01 10:20.
Dear All,
I've been working hard to crack the 3 concurrent users barrier. So far no success yet
However you can look into the key HKEY_USERS\....\SessionInformation\ProgramCount Maybe it's a clue I've ttried installing Winconnect over the working hacked XP and it completely stopped the remote session from working!!!! If anyone has a solution, pls email me. Tks Submitted by webboy on Tue, 2006-05-09 11:44.
I have mine working now from SP2
try changing the reg to this
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\Licensing Core]
"EnableConcurrentSessions"=dword:00000001
Submitted by Lakes on Sat, 2006-03-04 04:46.
I am not on a Domain,(not sure what a donain is in Xp) but have enabled fast user switching. I am using XP Pro SP2, and have a wireless network setup to use with a Laptop. What I want to do is to view one or more of My Xp user accounts (on the same computer) to monitor the programs running there. Can I do this this? My Base computer is called MyComputer If it can be done could someone post some screenshots of using/getting it working with remote desktop? Thanks for any help. Submitted by dot651 on Sun, 2006-03-05 04:12.
i found it! i have tested this on my windows xp sp2 machine and it works!! all you do is download the package from the following site, install, reboot, and enjoy! try it out. i tried to connect to more than 3 connections and it worked. i tried up till 5 and no problems at all except the system slowing down since there are 5 users connected. lol. here is the link: http://concurrentremotesessions.netfirms.com/
Submitted by netkepala on Mon, 2006-03-06 12:29.
Hi dot651
I take my hat to you for finding this amazing hack. I have tested it with 6 users and it still work !!! I believe the problem of slowing down can be solved by adding more RAM Anyone care to further test the max no of users? I wonder who's the creator of this hack? Submitted by english on Fri, 2006-09-08 12:30.
Hi dot,
Have you been able to connect more than 10 connections using that downloaded package? Have you made any further progress with the XP Pro concurrent connections?
Thanks,
english
Submitted by mschua44 on Fri, 2006-11-17 14:20.
Hi, I've fid this solution for couple months through internet.
Thanks god for guding me to this forum.
But the link you provided is not working.
Can you send the file directly to my email ?
my email : mschua44@gmail.com
Thousands thanks to you. Muakssss !!
Submitted by dot651 on Thu, 2006-03-09 09:55.
i have tried to send you the file but it didnt go through. do you have another email address that you would like me to try to send to you again?
Submitted by bbjifei1 on Thu, 2006-03-09 14:44.
Yes ,I have another email address,bbjifei1@hotmail.com.
Please send to me again,I am so expected.
Best wishes!
bbjifei1@hotmail.com
Submitted by fabriziosm on Mon, 2006-03-13 18:00.
The link is not working: "http://concurrentremotesessions.netfirms.com/"
Is there another place where we can download it?
Submitted by fabriziosm on Fri, 2006-03-17 21:41.
Could you post another link so everybody at this forum could access. The link posted is not working.
If you send me I'll work around to post it somewhere.
Thank you very much!
Submitted by gfm on Thu, 2006-03-09 16:29.
Has anyone figured out how to allow two concurrent remote connections using the same user account at Windows XP?
Windows 2003 Server do allow users with the same account to remotely connected onto the same server at the same time. Why can't XP do the same? I know that you can connect to the server with and without the /console option. And that if you make an RDP connection to the XP machine it ALWAYS uses the /console option! So this should be the problem. Has someone maybe a register edit, so that is we make a RDP connection to a XP machine with using the same user account local used, it NOT uses the /console option. I think this is the solution! Submitted by netkepala on Mon, 2006-03-20 21:53.
According to xpunlimited.com website there's a XP update on 15-17 which will limit XP rdp to 10 connection
Did anyone experience that? Any workaround this? Thanks Submitted by dot651 on Tue, 2006-03-21 06:16.
hi guys. i see that people are having problems accessing that site. i went ahead and uploaded the file to a file host so i hope it works for the people that cant download it from the link i provided above. i dont know if you can read what im saying because i see there have been some errors on this site. if this comment does post, here is the link to the file: http://files.filefront.com/Concurrent_Remote_sessions_SP2zip/;4892487;;/fileinfo.html let me know if you have any other questions.
Submitted by fabriziosm on Fri, 2006-03-24 21:09.
Bingo!
If you send me your photo I'll start worshiping you. ;-)
I've been searching the web for months in order to find this miracle formula.
It's working for more than 5 users.
I will try for even more users and also for a domain, since the instructions says that it is possible.
Billions of thanks...
Submitted by fabriziosm on Tue, 2006-03-28 18:05.
Trouble with the last link? Try this:
http://www.f-forge.com/?d=upeDFcYfPNl5M3BKrV2s ---
Don't forget to rename .txt file to .zip.
Submitted by netkepala on Fri, 2006-03-31 15:03.
Hi all,
Actually I found that the unlimited connection dll file does break quite badly. If you click on the close button to disconnect, you can't reconnect after a while. It will give you network error. I will then need to restart the xp server before it can accept rdp connection again Anybody with a work around this? Or how do you disable the close button on the rdp client? Tks Submitted by dot651 on Sun, 2006-04-02 10:54.
i have found that its been happening to me as well. i tried have the users who log on to my xp server to log off insted of just disconnect. when they did that, it seemed ok. i think its currupting the winlogon when they disconnect but then again im not sure. everything seems to be ok after you reboot. im looking into it to see whats causing it.
Submitted by tdv282 on Mon, 2006-04-17 16:54.
I find that if I logoff and then try and connect again it doesnt work but if I disconnect its fine. Its a real pain though as if it hangs while I'm away I have to wait for someone to come into the office to reboot. The only work around at the moment is to reboot the PC on exiting RDP and I have also setup a scheduled reboot just incase. If anyone has a workaround for this it would be welcome. The only workaround at the moment is to either schedule a restart at regular intervals or log a user on thatnever logs off.
Submitted by netkepala on Tue, 2006-04-04 10:41.
Hi dot651
Looks like we hit the same problem. What's your email? I think we can cooperate and try to solve the problem. Tks Submitted by dot651 on Fri, 2006-04-07 08:04.
hi netkepala
you can contact me @ dot_pix@yahoo.com iv only had this problem a few times. it doesnt happen all the time but after seeing that its happening only when people login and then disconnect, i think that might be the problem. im not completely sure but it sure looks like it.
Submitted by sberco1001 on Tue, 2006-04-04 23:41.
This worked for me; however, when someone loggs off (remotely or locally) it causes a fatal system error and forces a reboot. It also happened when someone was logged on remotely, the local user merely switched off (to welcome screen) and someone new logged on. Due to several people using the computer, I had to revert back to allowing only one user because this problem was too disruptive. At first it restarted the computer, when I went to system -> advanced --> startup and recovery and disabled automatically restart for fatal error, windows crashed and I got one of those blue error screens. I am running Windows XP professional sp2. Any help would be greatly appreciated..
Submitted by blgan2 on Thu, 2006-04-06 10:49.
Like terminal service in Windows 2000 Server/Windows Server 2003, there's a little program called Terminal Services Manager, which can see all the logged in terminal users. Any idea how to achieve this in Windows XP? Thanks!
Submitted by ivanosito on Fri, 2006-04-07 03:35.
Hi! Great and extremely useful hack. Thanks!
I have an XP PC (member of a domain) and the hack worked like a charm.
But I had to enable manually the Remote Access in the PC. (right click on "My PC" / Properties / Remote / Click on the checkbox)
Is there a way to enable it using domain GPO´s or something like that?
Happy RemoteAccessing!!! ;)
Submitted by energeeuk on Fri, 2006-11-17 18:01.
Enable Remote access
Hi yes there is a very simple way to enable the remote access try this program go to http://www.intelliadmin.com/Products.htm If you prefer the manual way then follow the instuctions below 1. Start by going into the Registry Editor: Start-->Run--> type REGEDIT and press ok 2. Click FILE and then CONNECT NETWORK REGISTRY. This opns up a Search box, browse for the computer you want to change or just type its name in the box if known. Then click OK. You should now see the computer in the list on the left hand side. 3. Click the + next to the computers name then go to the following HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server look for fDenyTSConnection double click this and change the value from 1 to 0. Thats it all done I've done this manually at acustomers on all 45 pc's on 15 of these i've had to restart the pc to get it working, if you need to do this you can do the following. click START-->RUN--> type CMD and press enter, type the following command shutdown -m \\accounts -r Where accounts is the name of the computer you wish to reboot Hope this helps Submitted by ivanosito on Fri, 2006-04-07 03:36.
Hi! Great and extremely useful hack. Thanks!
I have an XP PC (member of a domain) and the hack worked like a charm.
But I had to enable manually the Remote Access in the PC. (right click on "My PC" / Properties / Remote / Click on the checkbox)
Is there a way to enable it using domain GPO´s or something like that?
Happy RemoteAccessing!!! ;)
Submitted by NoahVail on Fri, 2006-04-07 06:35.
I have 4 systems successfully hacked with this, so far. I plan to do 30 or so. The only problem is that I can login with the same user name as the console. It copies my RDP desktop to the console desktop. Then it gets wierd.
Oh well, I can work around that. Not perfect, but excellent all the same.
NV
Submitted by netkepala on Fri, 2006-04-07 09:55.
hi
I think a lot of users here would want to login using the same username concurrently, perhaps you can show us how it's done :) Pls let us know if u manage to get 30 users to login. If so, any problem? Submitted by hoyer801 on Mon, 2006-04-10 07:39.
Worked like a charm on the first time! Thanks!
Submitted by tdv282 on Mon, 2006-04-17 13:41.
Having the same problem with not being able to reconnect after logging off rather than disconnecting.
Submitted by netkepala on Tue, 2006-04-18 22:17.
My problem is the disconnection rather than logging off
I suspect the problem is caused by Windows Update. Have u try to reinstall Windows ? Submitted by diffy on Tue, 2006-04-18 14:38.
Great!
This was exactly what I needed. Now my girlfriend can login to my
workstation from her old laptop.
Works perfectly, no problems at all.
I followed all the instructions, but forgot to run the .reg file.
When I ran it, everything worked.
Thank you
Submitted by bert0430 on Wed, 2006-04-26 08:58.
I would just like to ask if Remote Desktop works with Win XP Home Edition. Our office are currently using HP Pavillion win Win XP Home Edition with SP2 installed but not all PC bcoz some are still using unbranded PC. I could use remote desktop if the remote PC is not using Win XP Home Edition? Could be the Home Edition be the cause of the problem? I could also not connect remotely to PC's with SP1 only installed using the HP Pavillion I have mentioned earlier. Is there any problems with the curretn setup we hav in the office?
Submitted by Changchang on Fri, 2006-04-28 02:40.
It worked once in this way... I have two accounts 'A' and 'B'.
1, I did all the stuff said above. I am not sure which are not necessary
2, I Logged on as A, find an arbitrary application. shift+right clickiing on it.
3, I chose 'run as' from the popup menu, run the application as B
4, I tried use remote desktop to log on as B, it worked.
When I try this later, I just can't log in
Submitted by Turboz on Mon, 2006-05-08 03:52.
RE 1MIN timer shutdown caused by SVCHost..
It's caused by activating remote assistance. You must disable remote assitance within the 1 minute and then reboot.
It seems to happen if your on a lan (IE remote assistance cannot accept incoming connections unless it is the access point/ICS computer - svchost is then screwed).
REMEMBER Remote ACCESS is different to remote DESKTOP. Assistance allows you to send "HELP!" requests to other people which then allows them to login to your computer.
You should find that disabling remote ASSISTANCE solves the problem.
Submitted by netkepala on Thu, 2006-05-18 22:40.
Does this hack work for Windows 2000 Professional ? Has anyone tried? Tks
Submitted by MichelM on Wed, 2006-05-24 12:59.
after some troubles i got it working but...
after a few weeks it changed... if i connected through rdp the session is made but get logged off right away. i found out that when i logged on to the desktop itself with user A and use fast user switching to log on with user B, I can make an remote session for user A. I dont get logged off directly after logging on. the problem is only when user A isn't allready loggod on to the desktop.
Does somebody knows what to do?
Submitted by netkepala on Wed, 2006-05-24 22:27.
Don't really understand your questions but you can try the following :-
1. Turn automatic Windows update off 2. Reinstall the DLL file and redo all the registry settings Pls let me know if it works Submitted by verruckt on Sat, 2006-06-03 05:03.
thankyou this works perfect for me first time! You are god.. heheh
Submitted by chulee on Wed, 2006-06-07 06:08.
All guide didnt work for me so I run ntswitch on xp sp2 and I was able to connect remotely with terminal server without to log off local user. amasing.
Before I ran it I did a restoration point and rolled it back because whistler sucks, there are many problems one of those are with video drivers.
Submitted by rubsicsinger on Sat, 2006-06-10 05:20.
1 more registry change:
I just followed all the steps correctly and it didn't work until after reloading normal windows, I manually edited the registry and did the following final step (found on one of the websites linked from your article):
Click: Start - Run
And type: regedit
Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\Licensing Core
Right-mouse-click on the right pane and create a new DWORD: EnableConcurrentSessions
Double-click the name and set value to : 1
(Leave all other defaults as they are)
Hope that helps others!
Submitted by ef on Mon, 2006-06-19 21:47.
Does anyone have a solution/software for a Windows XP Pro x64 concurrent multiuser remote desktop? Tried the termsrv.dll but it didn’t work.
Submitted by diane on Fri, 2006-06-23 19:56.
Can you provide detailed instructions on how to merge the contents of concurrent sessions sp2.reg file into the registry?
Submitted by diane on Fri, 2006-06-23 21:06.
Can you provide detailed instructions on how to merge the contents of concurrent sessions SP2.reg file into the registry?
Submitted by netkepala on Fri, 2006-06-23 23:58.
Hi dianne,
Just right click on the .reg file and select the merge function By the way, anyone tried this on Vista beta ? Does it work? Submitted by drobertson420 on Fri, 2006-06-30 22:15.
Followed Instructions, But no Matter what I do, It limits the Number of Connections to 3. [even if I put in 999999]If a 4th tries to connect, it kicks them out.
I'm trying to have 6 users able to connect remotely at once.
Thanks.
[EDIT] Never Mind.. I read deeper and found the fix
Submitted by humaniz on Wed, 2006-07-05 10:58.
HI There, If u Found the Fix for increasing number to 6 concurrent connection please share with Us Thanx
Submitted by pdrayton on Sat, 2006-07-08 00:18.
I have been using the hack for months - worked great.
But then I made the mistake of doing auto updates. Now the Svchost process which launches the Terminal services crashes. Here's the error Event Type: Error Event Source: Service Control Manager Event Category: None Event ID: 7031 Date: 7/7/2006 Time: 11:53:26 AM User: N/A Computer: STRIPE Description: The Terminal Services service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 1 time(s). The following corrective action will be taken in 60000 milliseconds: Restart the service. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. Really pissing me off! So I looked for all the updates, and none of them say anything about remote desktop, or Dcom. I have uninstalled some of them, but still the problem persists. Yes, I've reaapplied the termserv.dll and registry hack. Still no joy. Anybody have any luck with fixing this error? Vishnu, you say you've got auto updates on and it still works? I last did updates on 6.26.2006. Please email me at paul at pauldrayton.com if there is a reply to this, if you don't mind. Thanks HELP! Submitted by netkepala on Sat, 2006-07-08 23:05.
Calm down :)
As I know, Windows will create a restore point before applying critical updates. Have your tried restoring to an earlier system snapshot before this problem arises? Submitted by deengaya on Tue, 2006-07-11 22:51.
Hi Vishnu....
I'm new here. I have 2 PCs here. I have established connections to both PCs. In order for the Concurrent session to be enjoyed.... must i have both the PC with SP2? I'm using XP pro but only 1 has SP2. Is that ok?
Submitted by dupreesdiamond on Fri, 2006-07-14 08:57.
Sweet! Works Great for me. XPMedia Center all the latest updates (Except for MS Spyware)!!!
Thanks!
Submitted by tedbritton on Sun, 2006-07-23 21:59.
Where do i find the sp2.reg, it is not in the termserv.zip file.
Thank you
mrman
Submitted by almond_eyes on Wed, 2006-08-09 02:53.
sorry guys but i can't find the dllcache folder!!!
i'm using winXP sp2 + win2003 standard
how can i find it??
Submitted by lurker on Fri, 2006-08-25 16:33.
Hi, just copy and paste this path "C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache". You should consider to enable "view hidden and system files" in windows explorer before doing anything (or rather go play with dolls, this is a basic thing you should know before playing with this ternminal toy ;)
Submitted by raymond on Mon, 2006-08-14 12:15.
i have win xp sp2 ver 2550, and i install sala source patch and concurent remote session, it's done well for unlimited rdp. But when i try with the new win xp sp2 ver 2600, it's just work just for 3 RDP (4 with the win xp host). Did anyone find the new way?
Submitted by netkepala on Fri, 2006-08-18 21:27.
Hi
Has anyone tried this patch with Vista Beta 2? Does it work ? If the server were in a Domain (I know I need to apply the registry patch each start-up), how do I create the user which will be authenticated in domain? Many thanks Submitted by lurker on Fri, 2006-08-25 16:47.
Hi vishnu, it works great, thank you for very useful info. One question though - is there a way to inform user before kicking off another user who is already logged under the same account? I'd welcome something like "sorry, the putter is busy" message, or at least "someone is working there already. Kick him off?" :) Thank you in advance.
Submitted by Kim on Sat, 2006-09-02 00:04.
Thanks a lot for posting this Hack. It works for me like a charm.
www.isolvesystems.com
Submitted by cunt on Sat, 2006-10-14 22:08.
Please use this windows service which add to the registry at OS start up[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\Licensing Core] "EnableConcurrentSessions"=dword:00000001 and
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"AllowMultipleTSSessions"=dword:00000001
http://www.llaff.com/log/ts.zip
It require .NET Framework
ICQ 208134090
mail cunt@istu.edu
Submitted by netkepala on Wed, 2006-10-18 17:05.
Sometimes u need to add controlset001 or controlset002 instead of currentcontrolset
Anyone tried with Vista Business edition yet ? Submitted by djkk786 on Thu, 2006-10-26 15:08.
'Limit Number of Connections'
Hi, I attempted this but did not work. Here is what I have done 1) Replaced termsrv.dll with the one I downloaded on here. 2) Deleted termsrv.dll from the dllcache folder 3) Ran the Registry Entries -heres the problem I should see the option for 'Limit Number of Connections' under terminal services but I dont see it there. Did I do something wrong? I also gave rights to users and enabled fast switch in control panel. Please help Submitted by piziali on Sun, 2006-11-19 19:49.
I followed these instructions--with the exception that the name of the DLL is termsrv.dll, not termserv.dll--and they worked as advertised. Three different users were able to log into my Windows XP Professional SP3 (build 2600) machine, read email, browse the web, and so on concurrently. Thanks for the hack!
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Could not start the Terminal Services service on Local Computer. Error 193: 0xc1
Are you sure that this old DLL works with the most current update for SP2? Any ideas for a long-term solution to account for Microsoft's updates?