[windows2000] Re: Remote Desktop

  • From: "Jim Kenzig ThinHelp.com" <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:51:28 -0500

What can I say that is the BOFH in me. LOL  My favorite line is ACCESS
DENIED!
JK

On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 8:22 AM, Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>  <grin> It might be thought to be offensive to use such a logon-name,
> besides I'm not sure they'd get the hint. 8-)
>
> I can't limit my time, I work the same hours as the other people here.
>
> I get logged off when the user on the remote computer logs on. This is
> WinXP and I usually logon to the console, so if the user logs on physically
> on the remote computer, I get logged off. The users on the other end are
> mostly Power Users as some software we run requires admin-rights and I don't
> like to give them that. Power User-privs usually works though, so that's
> what we use.
>
> If I didn't logon remotely to the console, could the user logon while I'm
> still in a background session?
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Jim Kenzig ThinHelp.com
> *Sent:* Friday, February 15, 2008 2:13 PM
> *To:* windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [windows2000] Re: Remote Desktop
>
>   Change your admin login name to KeepyourgrimymittsoffuntilImdone ?
> Seriously we limit logon times via AD until just 15 to 20 minutes prior to
> opening so that we can do maintenance. You might not be able to do that
> though.  I'm not sure how the user is logging you off as admin though unless
> they have admin privs on their local desktop.
> Jim
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 4:27 AM, Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > It happens quite often that when I administer and/or fix remote
> > workstations
> > using RDP, the user comes back from whereever and logs on despite that
> > the
> > logon window says somebody else (me) is logged on at this moment with
> > the
> > result I'm being logged off in the middle of an update or some such.
> >
> > Is there a way to prevent an admin/domain admin from being logged off
> > from a
> > rdp-session by a user with lower privs, eg power user?
> >
> > TIA.
> >
> > --
> > BW,
> >        Sorin
> >
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