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 > > > > # Sorin Srbu > > # [Systems Engineer, Sysadmin] Web: http://www.orgfarm.uu.se > > # Dept of Medicinal Chemistry, Phone: +46 (0)18-4714482 >3 signals> GSM > > # Div of Org Pharm Chem, Mobile: +46 (0)701-718023 > > # Box 574, Uppsala University, Fax: +46 (0)18-4714482 > > # SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden Visit: BMC, Husargatan 3, D5:512b > > # > > # () ASCII ribbon campaign - Against html E-mail > > # /\ > > # > > # Harmless tagline follows: > > # > > # At first there was nothing. Then God said 'Let there be light!' Then > > there > > was still nothing. But you could see it. > > > > > > > > > -- > Jim Kenzig > Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services > http://www.thinhelp.com > Citrix Technology Professional > CEO The Kenzig Group > http://www.kenzig.com > Blog: http://www.techblink.com > -- Jim Kenzig Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services http://www.thinhelp.com Citrix Technology Professional CEO The Kenzig Group http://www.kenzig.com Blog: http://www.techblink.com