It is possible to access a windows XP Pro machine from Windows 2000 or can you only access an XP Pro machine using Remote Desktop? Or are there any other solutions?

Well, why can't you use Remote Desktop to access/control the XP Pro box? The RD client runs on
Windows 2000.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...rdclientdl.asp

Alternatives are VNC or NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing (RDS)... Get the VNC server and client
software from...

http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/'

NetMeeting is built-in to XP and 2000 and can not be upgraded...

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;233175

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"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> It is possible to access a windows XP Pro machine from Windows 2000 or can you only access an XP
Pro machine using Remote Desktop? Or are there any other solutions?

Al, I had that reversed, I wanted to access the Win 2000 machine from an XP Pro, do I need to have a 3rd party software? and is XP Pro the only one that can be set up as the host with remote desktop?

In that case look at the UltraVNC and NetMeeting RDS choices. If this is over the public internet
then keep in mind VNC is *NOT* encrypted which means a possible security risk. You might want to run
VNC through a VPN tunnel as a work around... Over a LAN VNC may be the better choice of the two.

Yes, XP Pro or a Windows 2000/2003 Server running Terminal Services...

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"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Al, I had that reversed, I wanted to access the Win 2000 machine from an XP Pro, do I need to have
a 3rd party software? and is XP Pro the only one that can be set up as the host with remote
desktop?

Thanks, this information was exactly what I was looking
for, now I hope it will actually work.


>-----Original Message-----
>Well, why can't you use Remote Desktop to access/control
the XP Pro box? The RD client runs on
>Windows 2000.
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...oads/rdclientd
l.asp
>
>Alternatives are VNC or NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing
(RDS)... Get the VNC server and client
>software from...
>
>http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/'
>
>NetMeeting is built-in to XP and 2000 and can not be
upgraded...
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;233175
>
>--
> Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
>
>Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group
for the mutual benefit of all of us...
>The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights...
>
>"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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>> It is possible to access a windows XP Pro machine from
Windows 2000 or can you only access an XP
>Pro machine using Remote Desktop? Or are there any other
solutions?
>
>.
>