This would work brilliantly at work if it didn't conflict with the EULA. To be able to log in remotely to a local admin desktop session to carry out tasks while the user is still logged in to the machine would save us so much money in wasted time as our users have a tendency to leave themselves logged in with the screen locked. To be able to still remote to the machine.. dream!

Still, can't use it. Breaks licencing. Bummer..

Remote assistance shares the desktop with the user. Being able to actually log in as admin means you could explore the setup of the machine as if logged in while the user still continues to work. Remote assistance means they have to stop what they are doing while you use their desktop. It also doesn't help if they have left the machine logged on and screen locked. You can't do anything without kicking them off.

I know a number of mmc snapins work remotely but once you remote desktop to a machine then you can do absolutely anything which in some cases would be just awesome.

I would love for all the sticklers to actually point out WHERE you are violating licensing. You're editing a DLL, not avoiding activation. By your same logic, everyone who has patched their UXTheme.dll to use custom windows themes are also pirates.

Microsoft licensing isn't designed to be fair, it's designed to extract the maximum amount of profit. Which is why any power-user worth his salt will already know about the patcher and have made up their own minds to simply accept the small possibility of any consequences of breaching the EULA.

I agree with an earlier post in this thread saying that I cannot get this to work. I get the "patch success" message, and restart, but when I am watching TV via Media Center, and then try to RDP from a laptop, it kicks me off from the PC and locks it.

Does this patch really work, and if so, what are we doing wrong?

Thanks

"...in all editions of Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP..."

Does that include the Home editions, which do not normally support Remote Desktop?

When logging on concurrently, you need to log in using a different account than the one that is currently logged on, otherwise it will just take over the current session

for those who cant get this to work, check that the Windows Firewall service is enabled and running, the firewall itself does not need to be enabled, just the service running

Who cares?
It is useful for Media Center and to share pc

Something like this.
http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/concept/

Will this affect ability to install future updates?

I really can't believe that a Tech site is encouraging a Hack.

I can't believe users are so naive (especially those on site like this) that a modified core DLL, that comes from some random blogspot site couldn't possibly contain a backdoor.

If you really need to Update your Windows Media Center so deperately that you can't take it offline for a while maybe you need to reevaluate your priorities.

As clients.

I guess I should specify. Does this hack enable Remote Desktop server on Home Editions?

At first I thought this patch wasn't working on my Win7 Ultimate PC, but then I realized that it does, in fact, do part of what it advertises. I can successfully log in remotely and leave my console connection active, but only if I do so as a different user. If I try to connect as the same user, or if I attempt to connect multiple remote connections as the same user, only one connection for each user will survive. The REG files included in the zip file suggest that they will remove this limitation, but on Win7, at least, they don't.

So, if you are happy being able to make multiple concurrent connections to your PC as different users, then this patch may be for you. If instead, you need to log in as the same user more than once concurrently, look elsewhere. (Windows Server?)

Wonderful concern over licensing. Attacking SOPA or supporting it is not the issue.

I am a consumer, I will buy what will do for me what I need it to do, I want it to be legal and to save me money. I would like to have a single or dual PC home server that runs Windows 8. My ideal configuration would allow my PC system to run on multiple devices simultanously so I do not need as much HARDWARe, this maximizing the use of hydro and reducing maintenance costs.

I expect that MS will licence its software on Displays (TVs) in the next round of licencing, but I prefer maintaing a high speed computer system that can serve as a a hub to a Whole Home Entertainment and Communication system.

Is that too much to ask?

You folks would need to get a grasp of how Terminal Services/Remote Desktop works on Server2003/2008 to see how this is supposed to be used.

Do some research, look up thin clients, etc. etc. This is a hack, yes, but it is a Server 2003/2008 hack and Terminal Services is a services on those servers that allows many people to connect to one machine. Why?

Say you hire a CPA, rather than them coming to your office, you could create an account on your server (called CPA) and email them the RDP client (which can also be downloaded as well, even for Mac)

When they log onto your Terminal Server they can have a uniformed experience to your resources. Mapped drives, Office, Adobe, Quickbooks, etc. etc. When they are done or you need them gone, disable their account, they cannot get in.

RDP uses very high encryption.
Can be used in conjunction with a VPN but not necessary.
No need to mail someone a laptop or setup workstations for each person.
Updates and application versions are all universally the same and deployed on the system.
Group policies can limit access.
You can lock down a terminal server to limit what users can do.
They can remote print to the internal company printer or their home.
With 3rd party programs like TSScan and RemoteScan they can scan as well with their client scanner.

As you can see the possibilities are endless, but most home users would never need this much flexibility.

tried it on an xp machine accessing from win7 and vista....didnt work

My AV wouldn't alolow downloading. Called it a Crack.