Simultaneous multiple users/instance on a single machine

[TheClassic]

I'm using OneNote 2007 on a Vista machine and have two users who share
a notebook that is stored locally (not caching/synchronizing. Using
"switch users" it is possible to have both users accessing the same
notebook in two different instances of OneNote. Since only one user
can be using the machine at a time, there is no way that both
instances can be edited at the exact same time (however perhaps one
instance could optimize the files while another is editing). So far
this works, but I'm wondering if it is safe?
Second, I'm thinking I might end up installing Windows Server 2008 so
that one user could remotely use the machine while another person is
using it locally. This would mean that now the same notebook could be
modified at the same time by two different users, again without
caching/synchronizing; will this still be safe?

 

[Ilya Koulchin]

I'm using OneNote 2007 on a Vista machine and have two users who share
a notebook that is stored locally (not caching/synchronizing. Using
"switch users" it is possible to have both users accessing the same
notebook in two different instances of OneNote. Since only one user
can be using the machine at a time, there is no way that both
instances can be edited at the exact same time (however perhaps one
instance could optimize the files while another is editing). So far
this works, but I'm wondering if it is safe?

Yes, this is safe. OneNote uses the same caching/syncing engine for
local as well as remote notebooks, so you get all the features even when
working with local notebooks. The only difference is OneNote will hide
the syncing UI for local notebooks, since they're always available and
can be synced very quickly. You can even have some people working
against a notebook on the local machine, and others accessing the same
notebook over the network, and it'll work too.

Second, I'm thinking I might end up installing Windows Server 2008 so
that one user could remotely use the machine while another person is
using it locally. This would mean that now the same notebook could be
modified at the same time by two different users, again without
caching/synchronizing; will this still be safe?

This will work as well.

Ilya