Remote login

As far as i know the answer is no... if you connect to another PC using RD the User on that PC will be logged off...

We use the program VNC to do just that. It wil lalso allow you to take control of the remote computer, while the user watches what you're doing. The latest version we've been using, ultra vnc (http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/), will also permit copy and paste functions between the remote session and the controlling session.

Thank you all,
but I don't want to take control from the user, what I need to do is leaving the console user work normally while the administrator is working remotely.
In other words I need one console user and one remote user to be log in & working at the same time (None of them interrupting the other).

i cant see any point of doing it, what is your purpose from it? if your purpose is remotely administering the machine then these two answers are the only solutions i know... may be there is other commercial software that i dont know about... but if you wanna use resources on that workstation why not just use the regular sharing techiques and the usual stuff...

Please explain more...

XP Pro is considered a single-user os. Microsoft added "fast-user switching" but that just backgrounds another users processes. As far as I know it is not posssible to have 2 active users on one XP machine without a "remote assistance" scenario.

The only other thing is to use MMC. You can type mmc at the run prompt and get microsoft management console(mmc). From here you can manually add the snapins you want to administer(i.e. local users and groups, device manager, services, group policy...etc.) When open goto console add/remove snapin -> On the next screen click the add button and select the snapin. You will have the option for local or remote pc. You will need to be logged in as a matching admin account or use "runas" to use an admin account on remote pc.

This should give you the ability to configure most things behind the scenes. If you need to add/configure software then this may not be the solution either. If its important enough they need to wait and let you fix it(although i understand your wanting to do it behind the scenes).

I know with win2000(server for sure) if you used mstsc it would usually create a seperate terminal service connection and not interupt the console connection. This option doesnt appear to exist the same with XP.

hth,
Jason