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sarya
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16 years ago

Running network suite with slave machine as XP

Hi,



I am running the scripts on a slave machine that is an XP machine using Test Execute.The problem is that whenever the tests are running ,it runs them in the locked mode on XP machine i.e I cannot see the test running on that XP virtual machine . However if I use a windows server machine ,the test are not run in accout closed mode and I can see the tests running on that machine.Is there a way that I can see the Xp machine desktop logged in while tests are running ?



Thanks,

Sumedha

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  • AlexanderM's avatar
    AlexanderM
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    16 years ago

    Hello Sumedha,







    However if I use a windows server machine ,the test are not run in accout closed mode and I can see the tests running on that machine.



    This is not a correct behavior. Server versions of Windows allow opening several sessions for the same user. So, here is what happens in your case:

    - you have session 1 open for user A;

    - in your Master project, you specify login credentials of user A for this Host;

    - when you start the test, TestComplete opens an RDP connection to the slave PC, and this results in opening session 2 for the same user;

    - however, after that TestComplete starts the test in session 1 by mistake.





    So, this behavior can be seen only on server versions of Windows, and it is not the way TestComplete is expected to behave. We are aware of this situation, and we will correct it in the upcoming update - TestComplete will run the test in the session it opens, even though there are other sessions for the same user.





    To see the screen of the Slave PC, use the Run State page of the Network Suite editor.