Remote Desktop permissions

OK, I have 2 machines machine1 and machine2. machine2
adds the user from machine1 to the remote desktop
allowing them to access the machine under select remote
users. What has happened here is that if you are also
not an administrator(local) of machine2 when you try and
access it remotely, windows will take you right up to the
screen where it tells you someone else is logged on do
you wish to contiue....if you answer yes it drops you
back to your desktop. If I go to the second machine and
add that same user to the local admin group everything
works as it should. So the real question is I thought
that's what we were doing with the Selet users to access
this machine remotely. Or am I missing something here?

thanks,
Dale


----Original Message-----
>I don't understand what you're asking here.
>
>When someone logs onto a XP machine via Remote Desktop,
>the console (where the actual monitor is) becomes
>locked. This is because XP only allows one active
>session.
>
>Could you explain what you mean if this isn't what
you're
>referring to?
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>This is just an informational question. I have noticed
>>that after 2 XP machines are both setup for remote
>>desktop, and the proper users are added from the domain
>>that unless the user trying to connect to the remote
>>desktop is not a local admin, the connection for the
>>person trying to access the machine drops you back to
>the
>>windows desktop.
>>
>>I thought if you granted people access via the remote
>>desktop options in XP they didn't need to be an
>>administrator.
>>
>>Is this correct or is this a security measure to
prevent
>>others from accessing the machine?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Dale
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

You only have to be a member of the remote desktop users group. You do not
have to be an admin.

--
Colin M. McGroarty
MCP+I, MCSE, NT-CIP

Colin.RemoveThis@McGroarty.org
www.McGroarty.org

"Dale" <dgore1.RemoveThis@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
news:09d901c37215$22e6da20$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> OK, I have 2 machines machine1 and machine2. machine2
> adds the user from machine1 to the remote desktop
> allowing them to access the machine under select remote
> users. What has happened here is that if you are also
> not an administrator(local) of machine2 when you try and
> access it remotely, windows will take you right up to the
> screen where it tells you someone else is logged on do
> you wish to contiue....if you answer yes it drops you
> back to your desktop. If I go to the second machine and
> add that same user to the local admin group everything
> works as it should. So the real question is I thought
> that's what we were doing with the Selet users to access
> this machine remotely. Or am I missing something here?
>
> thanks,
> Dale
>
>
> ----Original Message-----
> >I don't understand what you're asking here.
> >
> >When someone logs onto a XP machine via Remote Desktop,
> >the console (where the actual monitor is) becomes
> >locked. This is because XP only allows one active
> >session.
> >
> >Could you explain what you mean if this isn't what
> you're
> >referring to?
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>This is just an informational question. I have noticed
> >>that after 2 XP machines are both setup for remote
> >>desktop, and the proper users are added from the domain
> >>that unless the user trying to connect to the remote
> >>desktop is not a local admin, the connection for the
> >>person trying to access the machine drops you back to
> >the
> >>windows desktop.
> >>
> >>I thought if you granted people access via the remote
> >>desktop options in XP they didn't need to be an
> >>administrator.
> >>
> >>Is this correct or is this a security measure to
> prevent
> >>others from accessing the machine?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Dale
> >>
> >>.
> >>
> >.
> >

Well let me rephrase the question: I know that you can
be a member of RDU or local admin etc. What I really
want to know is why does remote desktop allow you to
select users to control your desktop if you have to make
them a member of a local group? What we are finding is
if you don't make them a member of the local group or
they aren't network admins, you get dropped to the
desktop.

So why make me select remote users and to get them to
work put them in a group.

Thanks,

Dale

>-----Original Message-----
>You only have to be a member of the remote desktop users
group. You do not
>have to be an admin.
>
>--
>Colin M. McGroarty
>MCP+I, MCSE, NT-CIP
>
>Colin@McGroarty.org
>www.McGroarty.org
>
>"Dale" <dgore1.RemoveThis@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
>news:09d901c37215$22e6da20$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> OK, I have 2 machines machine1 and machine2. machine2
>> adds the user from machine1 to the remote desktop
>> allowing them to access the machine under select remote
>> users. What has happened here is that if you are also
>> not an administrator(local) of machine2 when you try
and
>> access it remotely, windows will take you right up to
the
>> screen where it tells you someone else is logged on do
>> you wish to contiue....if you answer yes it drops you
>> back to your desktop. If I go to the second machine
and
>> add that same user to the local admin group everything
>> works as it should. So the real question is I thought
>> that's what we were doing with the Selet users to
access
>> this machine remotely. Or am I missing something here?
>>
>> thanks,
>> Dale
>>
>>
>> ----Original Message-----
>> >I don't understand what you're asking here.
>> >
>> >When someone logs onto a XP machine via Remote
Desktop,
>> >the console (where the actual monitor is) becomes
>> >locked. This is because XP only allows one active
>> >session.
>> >
>> >Could you explain what you mean if this isn't what
>> you're
>> >referring to?
>> >
>> >
>> >>-----Original Message-----
>> >>This is just an informational question. I have
noticed
>> >>that after 2 XP machines are both setup for remote
>> >>desktop, and the proper users are added from the
domain
>> >>that unless the user trying to connect to the remote
>> >>desktop is not a local admin, the connection for the
>> >>person trying to access the machine drops you back to
>> >the
>> >>windows desktop.
>> >>
>> >>I thought if you granted people access via the remote
>> >>desktop options in XP they didn't need to be an
>> >>administrator.
>> >>
>> >>Is this correct or is this a security measure to
>> prevent
>> >>others from accessing the machine?
>> >>
>> >>Thanks,
>> >>Dale
>> >>
>> >>.
>> >>
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>