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Lament

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Hi, not sure if anyone can help me,
Is there a way i can Remote Desktop into a machine without disconnecting the clients session, in other words, when i connect to the machine with his/her profile, i want the client to see what i see?
i know this is possible with Remote Assistance, Dameware, Remotely anywhere, SCCM, VNC etc, i'm not asking for alternative software, this has to be done with Remote Deskop. Anyone know of a way?
 
Lament said:
Hi, not sure if anyone can help me,
Is there a way i can Remote Desktop into a machine without disconnecting the clients session, in other words, when i connect to the machine with his/her profile, i want the client to see what i see?
i know this is possible with Remote Assistance, Dameware, Remotely anywhere, SCCM, VNC etc, i'm not asking for alternative software, this has to be done with Remote Deskop. Anyone know of a way?
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Teamviewer.
 
Lament said:
Hi, not sure if anyone can help me,
Is there a way i can Remote Desktop into a machine without disconnecting the clients session, in other words, when i connect to the machine with his/her profile, i want the client to see what i see?
i know this is possible with Remote Assistance, Dameware, Remotely anywhere, SCCM, VNC etc, i'm not asking for alternative software, this has to be done with Remote Deskop. Anyone know of a way?
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Easy, you RDP to the same server as well (with your own account), then open up task manager, go the Users tab, right-click the user who's session you wanna take over and select "Remote Control"
Now both of you will see the same screen...
 
Lament said:
Hi, not sure if anyone can help me,
Is there a way i can Remote Desktop into a machine without disconnecting the clients session, in other words, when i connect to the machine with his/her profile, i want the client to see what i see?
i know this is possible with Remote Assistance, Dameware, Remotely anywhere, SCCM, VNC etc, i'm not asking for alternative software, this has to be done with Remote Deskop. Anyone know of a way?
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Sound like you want to see his/her desktop, without them knowing it. :D

Back on topic; You don't use SCCM by any chance? There is a Remote control viewer bundled with it.
 
Thanks for the responses, i know about teamviewer, and yes i use SCCM, did you guys even read my post, i have to use RD. :p

@beans, if i wanted to do that i could use dameware or VNC. We have a pc which is locked up a few floors down, this pc is connected to a projector on our floor, when i connect with RD it locks that pc, when im finished working on it, you have to unlock the pc with the original account, which i cant do without going down and searching for the key. I am not allowed to use any remote tool besides RD.

@bosotter, this might work, im going to it tomorrow.
 
Lament said:
Hi, not sure if anyone can help me,
Is there a way i can Remote Desktop into a machine without disconnecting the clients session, in other words, when i connect to the machine with his/her profile, i want the client to see what i see?
i know this is possible with Remote Assistance, Dameware, Remotely anywhere, SCCM, VNC etc, i'm not asking for alternative software, this has to be done with Remote Deskop. Anyone know of a way?
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Hi,

The short answer is no. RDP isn't designed that way. You have 2 options, 1) take over the session (and lock the current session out/transfered to you) 2) or enable to have multiple sessions, so the original one stay working, and you open a second session in the background, but you can see or show what you are doing.

MS designed RA on the same technology as RDP, but for the purpose to open the same session as the original user, so you can assist.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457004.aspx
 
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gfmalan said:
Hi,

The short answer is no. RDP isn't designed that way. You have 2 options, 1) take over the session (and lock the current session out/transfered to you) 2) or enable to have multiple sessions, so the original one stay working, and you open a second session in the background, but you can see or show what you are doing.

MS designed RA on the same technology as RDP, but for the purpose to open the same session as the original user, so you can assist.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457004.aspx
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Remote Assistance and SCCM would have worked if the computer had a user, but it doesn't so nobody can accept :-/

Easiest will probably be to try and get VNC approved then.
 
Lament said:
Remote Assistance and SCCM would have worked if the computer had a user, but it doesn't so nobody can accept :-/

Easiest will probably be to try and get VNC approved then.
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The functionality is already built into RDS. So not sure why people want him to install crap like teamviewer or VNC. Software like that has no place on a production server. Might be fine for home use, but not in any business environment. If any manager approves vnc or teamviewer to be installed on a server he needs to be fired lol
 
So, do you want to interact with the original session? In a way the screen stay on and user at machine can see?
Or cant second sessions not work while the person on the machine stay working?
 
irBosOtter said:
The functionality is already built into RDS. So not sure why people want him to install crap like teamviewer or VNC. Software like that has no place on a production server. Might be fine for home use, but not in any business environment. If any manager approves vnc or teamviewer to be installed on a server he needs to be fired lol
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While I agree that RDS should be the preferred method of connecting there are situations where software like that comes in useful on servers.

I try to use Ammyy Admin (www.ammyy.com) for these as it's a less than 1MB exe that doesn't install anything and doesn't require admin permissions
 
grim said:
While I agree that RDS should be the preferred method of connecting there are situations where software like that comes in useful on servers.

I try to use Ammyy Admin (www.ammyy.com) for these as it's a less than 1MB exe that doesn't install anything and doesn't require admin permissions
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I only RDP servers but a pc attached to a projector? That thing better have some serious security as is, in my experience those things tend to be the company slut. Every USB drive has had a ride as has just about every employee. May as well make it convenient...
 
AstroTurf said:
I only RDP servers but a pc attached to a projector? That thing better have some serious security as is, in my experience those things tend to be the company slut. Every USB drive has had a ride as has just about every employee. May as well make it convenient...
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Standard AES256 bit encryption and you can enable AES256+RSA1024 encryption if you're paranoid.
 
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