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StepbysteponhowtoConfiguremultipleconcurrentRDPclientsto
runSambaPOS(IPHONE,IPAD,Galaxytablet)
morshed1

Mar'14

Here'sastepbystepguideonhowtorunmultipleconcurrentRDPsessions.
MyTestsystemconfiguration:
LaptoprunningWindows7Enterprise(WindowsProisrecommended)MainSystem
OtherDevices(clients):
Iphone3
Ipad
GalaxyTab3
RequiredSoftwarePatch:
2XClientforDesktops,MobileDeviceshttp://www.2x.com/rdpclient/
Patch/crackRequiredtoenableconcurrentmultipleRDPsessions:
Windows7patch:
UniversalTermsrvPatch_20090425.zip(132.5KB)
Windows8/8.1Patch:
termsrv.dll_patchedwin8.zip(421.6KB)
http://samarthparikh.blogspot.com.br/2008/10/enableconcurrentmultiplerdpsessions.html
Step1:ConfigureRemoteSettings
GotoControlPanel,System,RemoteSettings

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A:SelectAllowRemoteAssistanceconnectionstothiscomputercheckbox
B.SelectAllowconnectionsfromcomputersrunninganyversionofRemoteDesktoptoallowpeopleusinganyversionof
RemoteDesktoporRemoteApptoconnecttoyourcomputer.Thisisagoodchoiceifyoudon'tknowtheversionofRemoteDesktop
Connectionthatotherpeopleareusing,butitislesssecurethanthethirdoption.
or
SelectAllowconnectionsonlyfromcomputersrunningRemoteDesktopwithNetworkLevelAuthenticationtoallowpeoplewith
computersrunningversionsofRemoteDesktoporRemoteAppwithNetworkLevelAuthenticationtoconnecttoyourcomputer.This
isthemostsecurechoiceifyouknowthatthepeoplewhowillconnecttoyourcomputerarerunningWindows7ontheircomputers.
(InWindows7,RemoteDesktopusesNetworkLevelAuthentication.)
C.AddUseAccountforeachRDPdevice.(inMyexampleihaveaddedTest1andTest2.
Test1useraccount(standarduser)willconnectusingIphone
Test2useraccount(standard)willconnectusingIPAD
Morsheduseraccount(Admin)willbeconfiguredonGalaxyTab.
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Step2:InstallPatchRequiredtoenableconcurrentmultipleRDPsessions:
MysystemisWindows7,soi'mgoingtoconfigureUniversalTermsrv.dllPatchforWindows7.
ChoosethecorrespondingpatcherbasedonyourWindows7:
For32bit(x86):U**niversalTermsrvPatchx86.exe**
For64bit(amd64):UniversalTermsrvPatchx64.exe
Requireadministratorrights.Rightclicktheexefile,selectRunasAdministrator.

ClickonPatchtoInstall

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ClickonOK

ClickYestoRestartInstallationcomplete.

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Note:IfwantedtorestoretheoriginalTermsrv.dllfileyoucanruntheUniversalTermsrv.dllPatchutilityandselectrestore.
Step3.Install2xClientontheclientdevices(IPAD,Iphoneoranyothertablet)
2XClientforDesktops,MobileDeviceshttp://www.2x.com/rdpclient/
FollowthestepsonbelowlinkonhowtoaddaRDPConnection.
http://www.2x.com/docs/en/manuals/html/clientandroid/2XClientForAndroid.html
AdditionalusefullInformation:
IfyouareusingTerminalNameswithinSambaPOSieTerminalspecificmenus,etc,youneedtomakesurethatyoumovethe
SambaSettings.txtfiletotheuserpathforSambaPOSforeachRDPuser.ThisistypicallyC:\Users{user
profile}\AppData\Roaming\SambaPOS\SambaPOS4Ifyoudonnotdothis,allRDPuserswillhavethesameTerminalName.
YoucanfiletheAppPath&UserPathinManage>Settings>LocalSettings.
iPads(Appledevices)seemtohateWindowscomputer(NETBIOS)names.
SetastaticIPaddressontheRDPserver(soarestartdoesn'tsetanewIPaddress),andconnectusingIPaddressinsteadof
servername.

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Armetrix

Mar'14

So,inordertoensureweareonthesamepagehere.Wouldtheaboveconfigurationallowwaitstafftosimultaneouslyplaceorders
tothemainPOSwithoutonehavingtowaitfortheothertocompleteplacinganorder?

JohnS
Adsbytrivia%20games

Mar'14
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@Armetrix ,youarecorrect.EachRDPdevice(tablet)operatesasanindividualPOSterminal.

superlik

Mar'14

onthedifferentuseraccountonyourcomputer.

morshed1

Mar'14

@Armetrix ,ihaveuploadedavideo.theVideoshowsworkingwithtwodevices(laptopandSamsungTablet).ihavebeentesting
withfourdevicesanditworksperfectly..
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uvkbxckmxh86dn6/Multiple%20concurrent%20RDP%20sessions.wmv

Armetrix

Mar'14

Thankyou!Iwillgothroughthistomorrow.

Armetrix

Mar'14

PerhapsthereissomethingIammissinghere.Wehaveinstalledthepatch.WehaveRDPintothemaincomputer.Weareusinga
Nexus7padasa2nddevice.WhenwesignontoSambaPOS,wegetaseparateinstanceofitandarenotabletosharethesame
database.Arewesupposedtoconfigureterminalsforeachdevice?Thanks.

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JohnS

Mar'14

Havealookatmydocumentationhttp://forum.sambapos.com/t/sambaposserverworkstationrdpsetupguide/798
YouwillusethesamedatabaseandyoushouldsetdifferentterminalnamesforeachSambaPOSterminal.

Armetrix

Mar'14

ThanksJohnS!Iwilltryitout.

falcon4

Jul'14

Well...maybeI'mthefirsttopipeinasaguyusingthispatchforlesslegallyquestionablepurposes (onlyWindowsServeris
licensedtoallowmorethanoneuseronthePCatonceandlicensingissupercriticalforbusinesspurposes!)We'vegotagaming
PCinthelivingroomconnectedtotheTV,whichisthemostpowerfulPCinthehouse,connectedtothehomenetviagigabitLAN.
ThiswouldletmeconnectittothestereoandplaymusicwithouthavingtokeeptheTVontomanageit.Andtheroommatecanplay
gameswhileIusethebackgroundidletimeforotherCPUintensivetasksmylaptopisn'tgreatfor.ISONEEDTHIS.
Alsofigureit'sworthcommendingthesiteauthorstheregistrationprocesshereisinsanelyeasywithverywelldoneGoogle
integration,andthisreplyboxisjust...awesomeineverypossibleway.Welldone.

falcon4

Jul'14

Update:GotthepatchdoneonourPCrunning8.1x64fullyupdated.Ididn'tfeelsafeusingtheprepatchedfile,soIdiditmyown
waywiththehelpofthelinkedguide.Lookingfortheoriginalbytestopatch,though,myversionupdatedon4/2014byWindows
Updatedidn'thavethefullsequenceofbytes.Thepattern"0F841B700000"attheendofthesegmentwasdifferent.But
knowinghowassemblycodeworks,Ipatchedoverthedifferentbyteswith"90"anyway(astheinstructionsindicated),andthepatch
workedgreat.
InWindows8,justlike7,Vista,andXPbeforeit,SFCwantstoprotectthefile.Ihadtotakeownershipoftermsrv.dllthroughthefile
properties,thengiveAdministrators"fullcontrol"(onlyreadisgivenbydefault).Then,Irananrundll32tosfc_os.dlltodisableSFC
untilreboot(Idon'twanttototallydisableSFCforthis!),using"rundll32sfc_files.dllSfcTerminateWatcherThread"whichgaveno
errors,thenrenamedtheoldfiletotermsrv.dll.bak,andcopiedmypatchedtermsrv.dllintoSystem32.Rebooted,andIwasableto
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loginfromthelaptopwithoutloggingofftheuserontheTV.
So,basically:
copytermsrv.dlltodesktop
usehexeditortolocate"8B813806000039813C06"
replacethat,andthefollowingbytes,with"B80001000089813806000090909090909090"(donotexpandthefile)
takeownershipoftermsrv.dllthroughProperties,andgiveAdminsfullcontrol
launch"rundll32sfc_os.dllSfcTerminateWatcherThread"
renametermsrv.dlltotermsrv.dll.bak
copypatchedtermsrv.dllfromdesktoptoSystem32
reboot
Anddone!

multimate

Oct'14

Thnxforthedownloadandtheinfo

Lazer

Dec'14

Falcon4,ifsomeonewouldbetoonervoustofollowthestepsyououtlinedlet'ssaytheydidn'tunderstandthemforexample...Do
youfeelthatrunningthepatchlinkedtoatthetopofthispost:
Windows8/8.1Patch:
termsrv.dll_patchedwin8.zip
safeforWindows8.1ordoyouhavereasontobeconcerned?

morshed1

Dec'14

IwouldrecommendmovingwayfromRDPusingabovepatch.MicrosoftreleasedKB2984972patch,whichhasbeendiscussedon
below.Insteadiwouldrecommendyouinvestonlowcosttablets.

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Windows7withmultipleconcurrentRDPconnectionswillbreak
IfyoucurrentlyusingWindows7withRDPhack,KB2984972willbreakyourRDPsetup.Thisprovesthepointthat @kendash
andIweretryingtomakeaboutproperWindowslicensing.Hopeitsavessomeheadachesforpeoplethatareusingthehack
anditshouldserveasawarningnottouseWindowsimproperly.

LowcostWindows8.1TabletandSambaPOS
AnyonelookingforalowcostWindows8.1tabletmaywanttolookatbelowproduct.http://www.tesco.com/direct/connect
32gb7blackwifitabletwithwindows81/1823108.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=1823108Ihavebeenplayingwith
SambaPOSanditworksattreat.Noproblemsofar.requiregoodwirelessenvironment.Thisisanidealsolutionandmoveway
fromRDPconfiguration.I'llcontinuetotestandprovidefeedbackonanyissueIfind.[image][image]

ScreenshotsofHPStream7"Windows8.1TabletRunningSambaPOS
SambaPOSMainMenu:[image]TicketScreen:[image]Lenovo21.5"AllinTouchscreen,IpadMiniandHPStream7:[image]
[image]IwilldoacomparisonoftheIpadMInivstheHPStream7"sometimesoonanddiscusstheRDPvsLocal.

kendash
Leader

Dec'14

EveryoneshouldunderstandthatinstallingHacksintoyourPCtodeliberatelyhacktheOStodosomethingitwasnotmeanttodo
andviolatestheagreementwithMicrosoftforusingthesoftware.Pleaseeveryoneunderstandthatthisisnotjustapatchorasmall
fix..itisadeliberateHACKofaDLLfileanditcertainlycouldcauseallsortsofproblems.
Thisisjustnotsmartwhenyouhaveabusinessrunningonthatsoftware.

shall1800

Feb27

ThehackdefinitelyworksonW7Proandisoneoftheeasiesttoimplement.
But.....Iwasunabletosendmessagestoclientsloggedinorlogthemout,justgetaccessdenied.Couldn'tunderstandthebitabout
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sambatextfilewhichallowsthenameofthedeviceloggingintobeshownintheEventlogtherearenofoldersinanyuserfolders
relatingtoSamba.
Otherthanthatwelldone

RickH

Feb27

haveyoutiredlookinginthisfolderProgramData/SambaPOS4itsahiddenfoldersoyouwillneedtoenableviewhiddenfoldersin
yoursettings.Idontknowifthatcontainswhatyouneed,alsousuallythefolderscantbeinausersareaaspermissionissuesstopit
working,youusuallyhavetolocatethefoldersomewherelikeC:\whereallcanaccess

sounida

Mar4

himorshed1,itlooksgreatsoftwareworking.didyouconfigurebyrecommendabove?ihavetrybutdidn'twork.

morshed1

Mar4

Hi,
IfyourplanningaMultiusermodetheniwouldrecommendconsiderSQLserverconfiguration.Thishasbeendiscussedunder
belowlink.
LowcostWindows8.1TabletandSambaPOS General
AnyonelookingforalowcostWindows8.1tabletmaywanttolookatbelowproduct.http://www.tesco.com/direct/connect
32gb7blackwifitabletwithwindows81/1823108.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=1823108Ihavebeenplayingwith
SambaPOSanditworksattreat.Noproblemsofar.requiregoodwirelessenvironment.Thisisanidealsolutionandmoveway
fromRDPconfiguration.I'llcontinuetotestandprovidefeedbackonanyissueIfind.[image][image]

mjsammons

Mar23

doesanyoneknowhowtodothisasimplewayforwindows8?
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