MMMMHHHHHH.......

Have you tried the swap in safe mode?

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  He who dies with the most toys - WINS !

Hi,

There is a really easy way to get this done: Use Sala's Terminal Service Patch. This does the work for you. I'm using it on my MCE machine and all seems well. You can even run the patch whilst connected over term serv. Quick reboot and multiple connections are now a reality.

See here for the download: http://sala.pri.ee/terminal-server-patch/

Mark

 

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MCE2005 (Reluctantly decided not to upgrade to TV Pack - will see if 7MC fixes the issues) | AMD64X2 3600+ | 1Gb Ram | 3x500Gb SATA | Hauppauge PVR150 | nVidia 7300LE silent GPU | Pig ugly big black case | Virgin Media cable | Xbox 360 wired extender

Its a not go for me Im afraid but maybe someone can still help.

 

Here are pics when I tried that app.

 

http://www.studio55grenada.com/junk/termservnotworking1.jpg

 

http://www.studio55grenada.com/junk/termservnotworking2.jpg

SAFE MODE WORKED!

WoooHooo........excellent news.

 

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  He who dies with the most toys - WINS !

This worked for me on my first try. 

Does anyone have any thoughts about what we're going to do once we upgrade to Vista?

well...i tried upgrading thinking i could live without it...

i was wrong. i'm back to 2005 now :-(

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Mike Garcen
TGB Moderator | MissingRemote Editor/Reviewer| Microsoft MVP - Media Center
My MCE Setup

See this thread for the Vista Hack

http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/thread/170382.aspx

 

This worked for me as well, but when I end a session and choose to log off my wmc machine goes to the log on screen.  If I don't log off (leave the user logged in and just close the rd session) the logon screen appears after I come out of standby instead of just going back into wmc.  Is there some kind of trick to log off so the machine doesn't go to the log on screen?

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Softsled Dot Net

Nashville Tennessee Concrete Contractor

I'm interested in taking this a step further. It's working for me now, but what I would really like to do is remote into the computer I'm physically sitting at. This would be helpful so users can use the HTPC as a workstation while others are watching TV without logging into it from a different computer.

I receive an error message "The client could not connect. You are already connected to the console of this computer. A new console session cannot be established."

http://concurrentremotesessions.netfirms.com offers a solution, but I'm looking for a more straightforward registry hack or something else.

Any ideas?

TDave00:

This worked for me as well, but when I end a session and choose to log off my wmc machine goes to the log on screen.  If I don't log off (leave the user logged in and just close the rd session) the logon screen appears after I come out of standby instead of just going back into wmc.  Is there some kind of trick to log off so the machine doesn't go to the log on screen?

Go to the "Power Options" in the Control Panel, click on the "Advanced" tab, uncheck the box next to "Prompt for password when computer resumes from standby."

Stewd, havent been on here in forever, just now saw your reply.

What specifically did you want me to elaborate on?

This hack seems to grab the Terminal Server DLL from Server 2003 or some XP pre-release that used a DLL very similar to Server 2003.

Server 2003 supports 3 sessions as someone mentioned previously.
2 Remote sessions and 1 "Console" session.
When you look at Task Manager or use the QWINSTA / Query commands you will see a ID or Session ID.  That represents which session your using.  The 2 remote sessions will simple be 1 and 2.  The "Console" session will always be 0.  When you try to connect to a remote session and there are already 2 connected, you will get an error regarding not enough open sessions left or something. However when you connect to the console session, you will displace the user on the console and the console monitor will appear as if someone locked it.

It looks as if the TSCON command mentioned previously forces the Console (the real Monitor or TV) to resume control of Session 0.  This is because when you  "Disconnect" from session 0 remotely, it leaves all the stuff running but also leaves the remote screen locked.  I would guess that TSCON command somehow bypasses that locking and simply puts the screen back to the console.  If you "Logoff" from the console session (0), the actual console (Monitor/TV) will go back to the login prompt.


Anyway if you have more speific questions Stewd lemme know.

PS: There is another hack I have seen and tried (on VMWare only) that allows you to turn XP Pro or even Server 2003 into a MCE machine.  I think I found a novice mode version that was a Torrent file somewhere as well that did half the work for you.  So rather than turning your MCE machine into a 2003 Terminal Server, you could actually consider doing the opposite, turning your 2003 Server into a MCE machine :).  Not sure what other features of 2003 server you would actually use, but its nice to know its possible.  I guess the whole Domain vs Workgroup thing would be worth it in itself.

stewd:

Casper tried your suggestion, but no joy, can you expand slightly on your explanation?

Has anyone got this to work on XP SP3?  I can't get the termsrv.dll to stay.   Even with WFP turned off, it still replaces my new file with an old one.

Here is how to do it on SP3:

http://alonbilu.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/enabling-multiple-concurrent-remote-sessions-on-windows-xp-sp3-patched-file-included/