Remote user & switch user on Win 10 + other Q's

[Calranthe]

Hello, atm I run an online game currently using a windows 7 setup slowly evolved to its current iteration over 18 years (1998).

Access to the server is for myself and our long term programmer, he connects via remote desktop, when I finish my work, I just hit the switch user option and it goes back to a login with the game still running happily.

For us this system works have no need to switch to linux.

Now I have access to a new laptop, reliable and with 3 years onsite premium support, specs are as follow, 16gb ddr4, i7 6820hk cpu, 980m.

My idea is to move the game on to this, I have tested it and it handles the java +mysql easily.

The issue comes with the following concerns
How do I setup remote desktop (is it even available on windows 10)
I do not see the "switch user" option on the drop shutdown menu
How do I turn off updates so they do not automatically install (no problem installing them but wish it to be at my time so that the laptop does not just shutdown with 20 people playing.

If it all works fine now why change things ?
We are moving house and the space I have for a server is not available, where as this laptop can just sit on top of my space desk and it draws a lot less power than the server + has its own internal power which means less need for another UPS.


Any advice is very much appreciated.

 

[IT Troll]

How do I setup remote desktop (is it even available on windows 10).

Yes it is, setup is the same as with previous versions. System Properties > Remote > Enable and then select the user(s).

I do not see the "switch user" option on the drop shutdown menu.

This is a little hidden in Windows 10. But it is still available from the Lock Screen and Ctrl-Alt-Del. However I would look into running your game process as a service so that it doesn't matter who is logged in.

How do I turn off updates so they do not automatically install (no problem installing them but wish it to be at my time so that the laptop does not just shutdown with 20 people playing.

Turning them off completely is a little tricky. However you can now schedule updates and choose how reboots are handled in the advanced options. If you really want to turn them off completely you need to disable the Windows Update Service.

 

[jpaul]

Have you considered using the concurrent remote desktop capability for programmer
(I used this on a win10 tablet to enable remote maintenance from win7 laptop whilst user still logged into tablet)
you could remain as current user and programmer would just be rdp connected and do what he wants

 

[IT Troll]

On desktop OS this requires patching a DLL or installing a third-party wrapper. Strictly speaking you are not licensed to do this, but it does work well. The DLL needs repatching when updated.