Comments on: How To Allow Multiple Remote Desktop Connections on Vista

By: Jorge Sierra

Jorge Sierra — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:48:33 +0000

I’d recommend reading some of the comments from up above. I suspect it may be because you’re running SP2. Some of the others that have tried it have run into issues w/ Vista SP2. Check out this link:

http://digiex.net/guides-tutorials/799-enable-concurrent-sessions-windows-vista-business-ultimate-sp1-32-64bit.html

By: Tir

Tir — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:32:03 +0000

Hi,

I followed the format written. I am connecting my laptop to the desktop with both running on Vista home premium 32 bit. Now the deskop is configured as stated above but when I try to connect it with my laptop, it does not seem to connect at all. Any suggestions?

By: SEM

SEM — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:09:45 +0000

Great in-depth article. Will definitely have to try this out. Being able to run multiple remote desktop sessions will be such a convenience.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:47:00 +0000

thanks man, also, I found this for the RTM (that one is for beta and RC): http://www.missingremote.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3692&Itemid=232

By: Jorge Sierra

Jorge Sierra — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:58:48 +0000

No, you would need a different termsrv.dll for Windows 7. It does appear a hack is available, but I can’t vouch for it:

http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/index.php?/topic/22479-enable-concurrent-sessions-in-windows-7-x86×64/

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:53:54 +0000

Jorge, do you know if this hack works for Windows 7? Is there one that is available for Windows 7?

I have Windows 7 Ultimate x64.

By: GErvy

GErvy — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:00:16 +0000

Durrr…. read the thread. It’s about “multiple” RDP sessions.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:20:36 +0000

Most likely because, like me, they want *multiple* remote desktop sessions like it says in the subject of this page.

Thanks Jorge! I’ve been meaning to try this out for some time.

By: Xzenor

Xzenor — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:25:38 +0000

Why on earth would you apply it to Vista Ultimate?
Ultimate already has remote desktop enabled..

By: Jorge Sierra

Jorge Sierra — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:39:41 +0000

You may need to reinstall Vista. You should be able to reinstall it in a “repair mode” without overwriting your important data. This should overwrite the broken files and get things back to normal.

By: erfon

erfon — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:50:50 +0000

hi there. i tried to use the sp2 hack from your link but it broke my windows vista ultimate with sp2. i can’t log in remotely now, and when i log in directly i get a “dns client has stopped working” error. any idea on how to UNDO this hack?

thanks : D

By: Jorge Sierra

Jorge Sierra — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:16:33 +0000

I haven’t tried this, but you may want to check out this blog post:

http://www.technullogy.net/index.php/2009/06/22/multiple-remote-desktop-sessions-on-vista-sp2-x86-x64/

By: John

John — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:46:02 +0000

I used to use this patch in Vista SP1 to connect remotely and locally using the same account simultaneously. This was a great way around program licenses.

However, after upgrading to SP2 and running the patch, I can do concurrent sessions but not on the same account. Is there a way to do multiple sessions on the same account on SP2?

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:50:17 +0000

Same as Eman… I used the old hacked version (in my case 64bit Vista with SP2). Commenting out the line related to SP2 will make it work or, in my case, I just did the work by hand. Works just fine again. Vista SP2 appears to just have re-copied over the termsrv.dll file. You just need to replace the hacked version. Cool!

By: Eman

Eman — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:48:53 +0000

I just used the patch from the following thread on a machine running Vista Home Premium x64 SP2 and it worked:

http://digiex.net/guides-tutorials/799-enable-concurrent-sessions-windows-vista-business-ultimate-sp1-32-64bit.html

The only thing I had to do to get the batch file to run was to comment out the service pack check. I have two accounts on a HTPC with a quad-core processor and I can connect to the two accounts concurrently or connect to one and work on the fast machine while my kids watch a movie or something logged into the other account. Sweet!!

By: Jorge Sierra

Jorge Sierra — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:06:37 +0000

I had a similar problem with an earlier installation I had of 32-bit XP, but unfortunately I was never able to solve it. The service was running, but I could not connect. It was working fine for a while, and all of a sudden it stopped working. I suspect it might have been something in a Windows update that messed it up.

Did you check the Missing Remote page to see if maybe something in there may fix it?

http://www.missingremote.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1220&Itemid=224

By: T

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:02:50 +0000

Further info on my issue:

Forwarded 3389 in firewall.

When I netstat -a | find /i “3389″ it shows no processes.

By: T

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:43:10 +0000

Jorge,

First of all, you are the man.

Secondly, the Vista sp2 (64 bit Home premium) upgrade blew away my termserv hack.

I did d/l the termserv64.dll file you linked, renamed it to termserv.dll and ran premium.bat.

Looked good, no errors. But I can’t connect from my other machine. I get the “cannot connect” message.

I have verified that Terminal Services is started and set to automatic.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

By: Jorge Sierra

Jorge Sierra — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:09:50 +0000

You could certainly use other solutions. I prefer remote desktop, as it tends to have the best appearance and performance. Many other products are either slow, or the display uses lossy compression, which results in poor appearance.

By: Remote control software

Remote control software — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:09:52 +0000

It’s actually fairly simple to do that. Just get a second RD solution (like Proxy Pro 6) or others like it – since they will be using a different TCP port.

By: tiny

tiny — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:05:05 +0000

Thanks JC for link x64 SP1 Vista! I had same problems as James had.

By: Jorge Sierra

Jorge Sierra — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:18:04 +0000

That is correct, multiple concurrent sessions with different users.

By: Luke

Luke — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:18:32 +0000

Am i understanding this correctly, will this allow my Vista Ultimate PC to allow multiple sessions from different users? Much the same as using terminal services on Server 2k3 or 2k8?? I am trying to allow one or 2 remote desktop connections to a pc for browsing or whatever whilst the pc is in use as a HTPC..

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By: Jorge Sierra

Jorge Sierra — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:45:09 +0000

To my knowledge, MS hasn’t done anything to disable the hack. Does the original termsrv.dll still work properly?

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:38:45 +0000

I used to (6 month ago?) be able to connect to my Vista Home Premium desktop via RDC after applying this hack. However, about a month ago, I had to reformat the computer. Now, I need to use the RDC connection again, but every time I try to do so, I get an error message saying “This computer can’t connect to the remote computer. Try connect again. If the problem persists, contact the owner of the remote computer or the network administrator.” Yes, I did enable the firewall to let RDC through.

Did MS do something that disabled this hack? Or did I just do something wrong? Are there new things than I can do to make it work again? Thanks

By: James

James — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:44:16 +0000

That link worked for me. Awesome!

Thanks JC!

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By: JC

JC — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:23:43 +0000

I was having the same issues with Vista x64, but found another download here that worked for me. http://digiex.net/guides-tutorials/799-enable-concurrent-sessions-windows-vista-business-ultimate-sp1-32-64bit.html

By: James

James — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:01:32 +0000

Thanks for the advice. Tried again and no luck. However, tried pinging and that worked perfectly. Sent and received all 4 packets, very quickly.

So it must be something w/ the remote desktop. To review, I ran the .bat file, then did the firewall port, then that’s it. Is there any Remote Desktop UI option I have to set or somehting?

Thanks,
James