Re: Terminal Services - was Fast PCAnywhere equivalent

["graham_howe" <graham@xxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@y..., "Des Gibbons" <des@f...> wrote:
> Are you logging on as the same user at startup and on your
session?
> 
> I only use TS in application mode and its near midnight here, so if
you are
> still stuck tomorrow, I can whack TS on another server in admin 
mode and
> check it for you.
> 
> Cheers, Des.
> 
As Des suggests, it sounds like you are logging on to the server 
locally and through TS with the same user account. That creates two 
sessions for that user (unlike the situation with remote desktop on 
XP where you take over the existing session) and as each session logs 
on it will launch anything in the start up folder. I had exactly the 
same problem and solved it as follows:

1. Server is configured (I think through the registry) to log on as 
Administrator on boot up.
2. Administrator start-up folder includes things like HV software, 
Winamp, DDAR server etc.
3. Admistrator has a screen saver set which requires a password.
4. I have my own user account that is set up as a member of 
Administrators thus giving me full admin rights to the server (and 
domain).
5. My account on the server has nothing in the start-up folder.
6. I access the server through TS from a client and log-on using my 
own account, not that of the Administrator.

Everything then works fine with a couple of minor (for me) problems.
1. I can not see anything that has been started by the Administrator 
when I connect through TS as myself. For example, I can not see the 
caller ID software that is running, so don't see the calls appear on 
the screen.
2. Someone could go to the server, turn off the power, turn it back 
on and then have full admin rights. This is not a problem as it means 
an IT LITERATE and UNTRUSTED and UNATTENDED person is sitting in my 
office, if that is the case then them having admin access to my 
server is the least of my worries!

Regards

Graham

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