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The session concept was first introduced with Terminal Services (now called Remote Desktop Services) in Windows NT 4 Terminal Server Edition, where the physical display, keyboard and mouse concepts were virtualized for each user interactively logging on to a system remotely, and core Terminal Services functionality was built into Windows 2000 Server. In Windows XP, sessions were leveraged to create the Fast User Switching (FUS) feature that allows you to switch between multiple interactive logins on the same physical display, keyboard and mouse.
Thus, a session can be connected with the physical display and input devices attached to the system, connected with a logical display and input devices like ones presented by a Remote Desktop client application, or be in a disconnected state like exists when you switch away from a session with Fast User Switching or terminate a Remote Desktop Client connection without logging off the session.
from Pushing the Limits of Windows: USER and GDI Objects – Part 1
I read the above to understand the relationship between session, desktop. But I wonder why we cannot have multiple interactive logons with separate physical keyboard, mouse and monitor?
I have a PC running Win10, a pad running win10 and a laptop running server 2008 at home. However, usually only the most powerful win10 PC is powered on. Seeing that I am using the PC, my daughter would come to ask for control and show me something she learned in school, she always asked that why we cann't have more mouse. And sometimes, my wife want to use the PC, I have to stop my work.
I already have three monitors connected to the PC, it would be great if I can just connect three mouse, three keyboards to the PC so that we can use at the same time.
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Thus, a session can be connected with the physical display and input devices attached to the system, connected with a logical display and input devices like ones presented by a Remote Desktop client application, or be in a disconnected state like exists when you switch away from a session with Fast User Switching or terminate a Remote Desktop Client connection without logging off the session.
from Pushing the Limits of Windows: USER and GDI Objects – Part 1
I read the above to understand the relationship between session, desktop. But I wonder why we cannot have multiple interactive logons with separate physical keyboard, mouse and monitor?
I have a PC running Win10, a pad running win10 and a laptop running server 2008 at home. However, usually only the most powerful win10 PC is powered on. Seeing that I am using the PC, my daughter would come to ask for control and show me something she learned in school, she always asked that why we cann't have more mouse. And sometimes, my wife want to use the PC, I have to stop my work.
I already have three monitors connected to the PC, it would be great if I can just connect three mouse, three keyboards to the PC so that we can use at the same time.
More...