Re: Pass-through authentication from desktop to remote server

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By far the easiest way would be to get rid of Windows XP completely on the
client side.
I have tried many solutions like this from PXES to ThinStation and IMHO 2X
ThinClient Server is the best one. Centralized management, web based etc.
It will do exactly what you want. Users turn on the PCs and see a logon
screen. Type in their username/password and go straight to the TS.
If they logoff they are back to the initial login screen.
http://www.2x.com.


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Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Terminal Services
http://www.terminal-services.NET, a 2X Company.
http://www.2x.com
"NuclearSecret" <please-reply@newsgroup> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I'm trying to set up some client workstations currently running XP to
> act as if they were thin clients connecting to SBS2003 server.
>
> I would like to have the client PC's boot up, and when the user is
> prompted for username/password, they are immediately logged on to
> their personal desktop on the remote server, rather than the local
> desktop, without any additional user intervention.
>
> Users will share client PC's so it's not as simple as saving a
> username/password in an RDP configuration file and putting that in a
> batch file.
>
> There are at least a couple of ways (I think) this could be
> accomplished, but I run into the same problem either way.
>
> 1. Create a logon script to run mstsc with /v: command switches, but
> I'm not sure how to pass the username/password from the desktop to the
> server.
>
> 2. Create a group policy to change the users' shell to from explorer
> to mstsc, but again, this would happen on the user level GP rather
> than the machine level GP so I still run into the problem of
> seamlessly passing authentication from the desktop to the server.
>
> Is there a solution that I'm missing?
>
> Any help is appreciated.
> 'secret


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