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Wednesday, 26 June 2013

Multiple RDP (Remote Desktop) sessions on Windows 8


Remote Desktop
Windows 8 Pro (as well as all previous Windows client OS version) allows only one concurrent user session. This means you can't connect via Remote Desktop if local user is already logged on. Normally it's not a problem on client machines, but it some situations you may want ability to login concurrently. A good example is a Media Centre PC when somebody watches a movie and you want to make changes to the machine without interrupting the movie.
To have multiple RDP sessions working you normally need server version of termsrv.dll file and also make certain registry changes.
Peter Kleissner has written and published a little utility which does all the job automatically. In case original source becomes unavailable, you can download version 1.8 from here. (Click Here To download) . If you are not keen on running unknown executables on your machine, source code is also available. You are welcome to inspect and compile it yourself.

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