Re: Can I have two passwords for one user?

On Jun 8, 2:57 pm, "George Valkov" <a...@xxxxx> wrote:
"RedForeman" wrote:

|> Windows 2003 Service Pack 2 Enterprise edition is installed on my home
PC.
|
| I too have this, but I think it's funny that you say it's on your home
| PC... server os as a personal pc.. I know, just being funny I am...

Funny or not, a few HTTPS sites; TS and other services which I use on my
home PC require Windows Server. By the way the Server is just as good for a
multimedia workstation as XP is.

| > I have granted a friend of mine to access my computer via remote
desktop.
| >
| > Today he had started flashget to download a file and just after that his
| > internet connection failed, so the remote desktop session was
disconnected
| > (many hours passed since then and he is still offline PING!). A few
minutes
| > after
| > he was disconnected, flashget found some more download mirrors and
| > established about 50 TCP sessions rendering my internet connection very
| > unstable for any new session attempt.
| >
| > When his session is disconnected I cannot use remote control on it and
my
| > only option would be to logon to it. But when my friend is offline on
the
| > other side of the world and cannot unlock his session, my only option
would
| > be either to reset his password or to force logoff. I prefer not to do
this.
|
| You have to set the option to reset connection after disconnect on the
| server, otherwise it just sits there...

No, I am fine with the manual session reset (rwinsta.exe).

| > Q:
| > Is it possible to create two passwords for his account (one for him and
one
| > for me, which I can use to unlock his session if any problem happens
again)?
|
| 2 accounts, each with their own password. Like Roger said, 1 password
| per account.
|
| #1- connects then gets disconnected...
| #2 is used to reset it....
|
| What you are overlooking, what if they both get disconnected?? SOL
| then....

Well the local console does not depend on the network and therefore cannot
disconnect by it self ;-)

| Have it set where the connection is reset after disconnection... and
| you'll be happy...

I prefer to reset sessions manually. I have warned my friend to be more
careful.

Thank You very much, RedForeman!

What I've usually done is install a Windows2k Server, and install
terminal services, plug it into the network and it acts as a
workstation, but you would connect from the outside world to it, then
use the TS as a workstation with whatever accts you want on it... then
you have the ability to RDP to your network and the managability and
flexibility that the Terminal Server gives you... it has built in
connection resets and timers for just that sort of thing... I like
it. The reason I suggest win2k is there are no licensing issues with
terminal server, in win2k3, you MUST license terminal server, but not
in win2k...

RedForeman

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