Windows 7 RDP hackery

ThraxThrax 🐌Austin, TX Icrontian
edited February 2009 in Science & Tech
Windows 7 RDP hackery

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  • MiracleManSMiracleManS Chambersburg, PA Icrontian
    edited February 2009
    Wow, this is amazing...wow.
  • ZuntarZuntar North Carolina Icrontian
    edited February 2009
    Neat, I'd never use it, but neat!
  • MiracleManSMiracleManS Chambersburg, PA Icrontian
    edited February 2009
    I can think of a thousand ways this could be useful in a business sense, or even in a sense at home.

    We currently have 2 desktops (one as a normal desktop, one as a MC) and a laptop at the house. It'd be nice to have my girlfriend have the ability to run from the one desktop that holds all her school files and programs, from her laptop. It would allow me to use the primary desktop AND still have her be able to finish her work with minimal impact on me.
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited February 2009
    This would be awesome.
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited February 2009
    While awesome, it's also kind of scary. It potentially means, depending on how it's implemented, that somebody could be RDPd into your machine without you ever knowing it. As it is now, it logs you out, which lets you yank the connectivity if you're paranoid. If this is enabled by default, transparent to the user, lets you use an admin account, or something along those lines, I can think of a few bad things that could arise.

    Looking forward to seeing how it's implemented. Love the idea.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited February 2009
    It already explains how it's implemented; it sets a blank RDP password. You can turn RDP connectivity on and off right in the system properties panel.
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited February 2009
    Apologies, not seeing that in the link.
  • MiracleManSMiracleManS Chambersburg, PA Icrontian
    edited February 2009
    That's not exactly what I'm reading Rob. It appears to me that you can set it up to allow blank passwords for user accounts, but doesn't strike me as the default.
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited February 2009
    I saw that you can configure it to allow RDP to accounts that don't have passwords. I guess I misunderstood and thought this might be released functionality eventually, not a third-party sort of patch.
  • KometeKomete Member
    edited February 2009
    That's it. Win7 is awesome. I'm ordering a spare hard drive to install the beta on.
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