RDP without locking host?

[TimTam :P]

Hey everyone,

This might sound a bit stupid but I'm relatively new to using RDP so forgive me if I make your brain hurt a bit. So I've only recently become aware of the Pen Remoting feature added to RDP with windows 10. This is a really great addition imo as it can potentially allow me to use pen input on my desktop through my much weaker toshiba laptops wacom panel as I use the Adobe suite quite heavily in my work. However it will be way more convenient if I could use RDP without locking the host so my laptop can essentially work as an additional monitor. Does anyone know a method of achieving this?

Thanks in advance!

[ProjectBox153]

Unfortunately that's just how RDP works. I don't have any experience with using remote pen input through it, but you could give Parsec a try. It's designed for game streaming, but I use it more often than not to use my desktop from other machines. It doesn't lock the remote PC; instead, it streams the main display to the client device similar to VNC. 

Here's the link to Parsec: https://parsec.app/

[Oshino Shinobu]

You can only have one active session on the workstation versions of windows (Basically, not Windows Server). This includes both local and RDP sessions, so if even if you RDP'd with a different account, it would lock out the local session. 

 

You can have multiple sessions with Windows Server, but some applications, drivers and such don't work fully or at all with Windows Server due to missing or different features.

[Electronics Wizardy]

This is a limit of windows 10. Windows server supports 2 sessions at once(2 rdp or 1 local and 1 rdp). Or you can get a rd host for basically unlmited sessions