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Can I have two passwords for one user? George Valkov 06-06-2007
Posted by George Valkov on June 6, 2007, 7:50 pm
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 Windows 2003 Service Pack 2 Enterprise edition is installed on my home PC.

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.

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)?



Posted by Roger Abell [MVP] on June 7, 2007, 2:29 am
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 No. One account, one password.


> Windows 2003 Service Pack 2 Enterprise edition is installed on my home PC.
>
> 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.
>
> 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)?
>
>



Posted by George Valkov on June 7, 2007, 6:00 am
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"Roger Abell [MVP]" wrote:
| No. One account, one password.
Thank you, Roger!


| > Windows 2003 Service Pack 2 Enterprise edition is installed on my home
PC.
| >
| > 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.
| >
| > 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)?
| >
| >
|
|



Posted by RedForeman on June 8, 2007, 10:04 am
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> 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...

> 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...

> 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....

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

RedForeman


Posted by George Valkov on June 8, 2007, 2:57 pm
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"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!



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