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Enable Remote Desktop connections, concurrent logins on Windows 7 Home Premium
However, some users (like a co-worker of mine) might like the option of remoting in to manage downloads or organize files like movies and music. It's especially handy to be able to do this if you're using your Windows 7 system as a media center or HTPC.
Bolting Remote Desktop Connections back on is a simple task, thanks to a user-created script. As with any programs or scripts which modify system files, make sure to create a System Restore point before you start. Download the Concurrent RDP patcher from MediaFire, extract the zip file, right-click install.bat and run it as Administrator, and follow the prompts.
In addition to adding Remote Desktop connections the script can also enable multiple concurrent sessions.
What does that mean? It means you can log more than one user in to your Windows 7 at the same time. You can have a video running on your Windows 7 system and remote in to manage files at the same time -- without interrupting video playback!
That picture at the top of this post? My 15.4" laptop is logged into my main account, and the netbook is logged in via a concurrent RDP session.
This particular script is a bit more user-friendly than the one I'd previously written about. There's no need for command line switches -- just answer yes or no when you're prompted.
[via Into Windows]
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Subscribe to commentsUNIMay 4th 2010 10:52AM
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Name:May 4th 2010 11:08AM
This sounds like it's against the EULA.
master811May 4th 2010 1:34PM
Prove EULAs mean something, then get back to me....
Name:May 4th 2010 1:57PM
Make me a sandwich!
Don GoldsmithMay 4th 2010 12:19PM
Oh grow up NAME:! How can it break the EULA when its a Remote session? I thought we went down that road the last go round!
All your using the local machine for is a display terminal!
JoshMay 4th 2010 12:20PM
That's a pretty awesome Osgood wall.
MattMay 4th 2010 1:37PM
So does this get around the premium limitation of allowing premium to act as an RDP server? I've been buying win7 Pro because of that crappy @#$# limitation
master811May 5th 2010 7:32AM
Yeah that's pretty much what it does. There are versions out there for XP and Vista as well.
ossApr 4th 2011 9:42AM
It does not work for me. :(
Windows7 64
SaadMay 8th 2010 8:02PM
doesn't work for me, windows7 64