I have been using remote desktop on win XP pro machine to connect to another win XP pro machine. If you connect to a XP Pro machine, you 'share' the desktop with whomever is using the host PC; meaning, you see all the open files, etc. I not am trying to login to a Win 2k Server with my XP Pro client and it acts differently. It seems to create a specifi session for the logged in user. How can I login to the 2K3 server remotely and see running programs and open windows that the currently logged in user sees? I log into the 2k3 server locally as Administrator and remotely as Administrator.

I think you can use TSCON to connect to the other session once you remote in.

I will look into TSCON, but when I connect remotely, another instance of all my apps are running, as displayed in task manager. I only want one instance running.

Well, your description is not really correct. When logging into XP, youdon't "share" the desktop with the currently logge din user - you steal it from them. You could "share" it with Remote Assistance though. Anyway, the answer to your question is to use "Terminal services manager" which is located in the Administrative Tools" program group. Once you open the tool you will see a list of all currently logged in users. Any locally logged in users can be differentiated from a remotely connected user. Anyway, you can switch to an other session by somply right clicking on it in the list and selecting "Connect". You will then probably want to open Terminal Services Manager again and then select the session you just switched from and Disconnect it. Michael J

Michael J Thank you for the help. ou are correct, I meant "Steal". I managed to get to the TSM screen, but the "Connect" option is disabled for both connections.

Another option is to start the Remote Desktop client with the console switch. Click on Start, Run. Type MSTSC /CONSOLE This will start the client in console mode and act like it does when you connect to the XP machines. This is only available in 2003, not in 2000. Good luck.

Glen That is the answer I was looking for! It works as planned. Thank you.