Remote Desktop - Multiple user logins for the same user profile?

Gimpymoo · 9 Jul 2016 at 22:48

Using Windows 10 PRO, can I allow multiple clients to connect via remote desktop to login to the same user profile using a different login?

I just want the different logins to track changes being made etc.

Can edit the users to all use the same profile path or have I misunderstood?

Thanks.

IT Troll · 10 Jul 2016 at 00:08

By default you only get one Remote Desktop connection. However there are a couple of methods to hack it to allow multiple concurrent RD connections (like you get on a server OS). But each of these would have to be as a different user login and profile. A user can only have one desktop session on a computer at a time.

Why are you trying to share profiles? If you just need to share files then you can use the Public (shared) area.

Gimpymoo · 10 Jul 2016 at 00:23

Setting up a game server from home hosting multiple games for a small group of us but I need them to be able to have access to manage it too so not all on me

Everyone will not be logged in at once, that is not expected.

Everyone just needs to login to the same profile but I would prefer seperate logins so to keep track of who has done what, if that makes sense?

Is a bit "hacky" but it is a bit of fun and saves paying a GSP for the time being.

IT Troll · 10 Jul 2016 at 06:04

Separate logins equals separate profiles. It is possible to setup a mandatory (read only) profile which everyone gets a copy of. But this is intended for highly locked-down environments.

You can have a common shared folder if you need to manage config files or something. If possible run your games as a Windows service and then have them use config files from the shared area.

Gimpymoo · 10 Jul 2016 at 16:47

IT Troll said:
Separate logins equals separate profiles. It is possible to setup a mandatory (read only) profile which everyone gets a copy of. But this is intended for highly locked-down environments.

You can have a common shared folder if you need to manage config files or something. If possible run your games as a Windows service and then have them use config files from the shared area.

That is a good idea, thanks.

Have avoided running as service as not sure how to do it. Oh well, off to the Google learning tree I go