Terminal Services for three Applications

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Hi Wilson, sorry but XP is limited to only one RDP connection even with SP2,
so your scenario won't work. As soon as Computer B connects remotely to
computer A to run app W2, computer A will lock out its console user leaving
app W1 still running. But Computer C won't be able to connect at all to run
app W3 on computer A.

Running Windows Server 2003 on computer A can get around this though as it
will allow 2 RDP connections *and* leave the console running on A. I just
tried this with three machines in a workgroup:
A runs W2K3 and I start Notepad on it.
B runs XP and I connect remotely to A and run Wordpad on it
C runs W2K Pro and I connect remotely to A and run Paint on it
Go back on A and I can still access the console.

Hope that helps.

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"Wilson Lam" <Wilson Lam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I have three computers A, B, C, each running Windows XP Professional. They
> are connected by 100 MB/s LAN, and have been "seeing" one another by
TCP/IP
> in a workgroup. I have three window applications W1, W2, W3 in Computer A.
>
> (a) First I go to Computer A, and launch the application W1, so it is
> displayed at the monitor for computer A. Note W1 application also starts
> another application "engine".
>
> (b) Then I go to Computer B. I want to launch application W2 at Computer
A,
> "remotely", using Remote Desktop, or Terminal Service. But I do not want
to
> display W2 application at the computer A's monitor. Instead I want
> application W2 to display at computer B's monitor.
>
> (c) Then I go to Computer C. I want to launch application W3 at Computer
A,
> "remotely", using Remote Desktop, or Terminal Service. But I do not want
to
> display W3 application at the computer A's monitor. Instead I want
> application W3 to display at computer C's monitor.
>
> After all these are set up. Computer A runs application W1, W2, W3. They
are
> doing DDE (dynamic data exchange) with "engine" at Computer A. But W2, and
W3
> are hiding from the user's view at Computer A's monitor.
>
> At the same time, Computer B's monitor displays W2 remotely, and computer
> C's monitor display W3 remotely.
> My questions are:
>
> (1) Can the above be setup using current Window XP - SP2 ?
> (2) If not, can the configuration be set up using Window Server 2003 at
> Computer A, and XP at B, and C ?
>
> If it is possible to do the above configurations, please advise where can
I
> find more detailed technical information.
>
> Thank you very much in advance.
> Wilson
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> CTI
>