I'm already running a hacked RDP made for Vista Home Premium x64, but I recently realized that shadow sessions only work for Windows Server versions. I really need to support shadow sessions on lesser versions of Windows though, and I have no idea why they left that out. RDP is worthless to me if I can't see what's going on and interact with my remote machine.
On the other hand, VNC is just too slow for my tastes. I've used it for years, but it's just not fast enough for me, even over the same network. I just want to get RDP working with shadow sessions / console mode in Vista Home Premium or at least Ultimate. I'd even upgrade to Windows 7 if I had to, if I knew it could get this to work.
Best Answer
Actually you can do this from the computer you are trying to connect. They've changed it in vista so that you can't anymore access shadow console directly. You must first log in to remote computer (using other account) and then shadow the console.
See more detailed instructions here
http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/p/52888/238449.aspx
If someone knows a way to connect directly to current users session without locking him out, or even letting him know, I would be also interested.