Re: [rdesktop-users] Re: Frequently asked dumb question

[Ian C. <ia...@co...>]

geneSmith wrote:

> I have win2k pro (not server). Does this run on it or does it require 
> the server edition?


Terminal Services is included with Windows 2000 only on the Server 
edition -- if you want to use it just for "remote access" to the server, 
you can have up to two "administrative" connections (not optimised for 
application use) for no extra charge, otherwise you need to license 
terminal services from Microsoft in addition to the Windows 2000 Server 
licence.

I do not know of any way of running an rdesktop server from Windows 2000 
Pro -- and if there is some third-party tool available I'm sure it 
violates pretty much every section of Microsoft's EULA.

Windows XP Pro (don't know about Home, but I assume so?) includes a 
limited-functionality terminal services server which will (as far as I 
can tell, I haven't really used it extensively) only allow you one 
rdesktop connection at a time, and even then not at the same time as 
using the console (when you connect it transfers the console to the 
rdesktop client and locks the console).

HTH

Ian