i am running xp home edition SP2 and i can't get the remote access to
connect. I have both my desktop and my laptop in a workgroup together. but
i get the common error about how the connection cannot be established and
that the computer i am trying to connect to may be too busy and all that
garbage. what do you think my problem is?? for kicks i turned off all
security on both computers, i checked the box on both for accepting remote
access.
I can however ping from one to another both directions. and i can setup my
laptop to print to my desktop printer. but i just cant seem to access my
desktop remotely??? any ideas?

griffpa wrote:
> i am running xp home edition SP2 and i can't get the remote access
> to connect. I have both my desktop and my laptop in a workgroup
> together. but i get the common error about how the connection
> cannot be established and that the computer i am trying to connect
> to may be too busy and all that garbage. what do you think my
> problem is?? for kicks i turned off all security on both computers,
> i checked the box on both for accepting remote access.
> I can however ping from one to another both directions. and i can
> setup my laptop to print to my desktop printer. but i just cant
> seem to access my desktop remotely??? any ideas?

What do you mean by "Remote Access"?

Windows XP Home Edition does not have Remote Desktop - only Remote
Assistance.

If you want Remote Desktop features - you have to use a third party product
(UltraVNC, TightVNC, etc) to achieve it or upgrade to Windows XP
Professional.

The basic difference is that remote assistance is requested by a "novice"
and the "expert" can then connect to the computer to view and ASK for
control. There are other derivatives of this scenario - but you cannot use
MSTSC(Remote Desktop Client) in any of them to make a Remote Assistance
Connection.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

yeah i knew that remote assistance was a connection to get help. but my xp
home has remote desktop located in my accessory\communication menu. but
recently read somewhere that the xp home can connect to a computer running xp
pro, but a computer running xp home cannot connect to a computer running xp
home. which basically sucks. lol


"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> griffpa wrote:
> > i am running xp home edition SP2 and i can't get the remote access
> > to connect. I have both my desktop and my laptop in a workgroup
> > together. but i get the common error about how the connection
> > cannot be established and that the computer i am trying to connect
> > to may be too busy and all that garbage. what do you think my
> > problem is?? for kicks i turned off all security on both computers,
> > i checked the box on both for accepting remote access.
> > I can however ping from one to another both directions. and i can
> > setup my laptop to print to my desktop printer. but i just cant
> > seem to access my desktop remotely??? any ideas?
>
> What do you mean by "Remote Access"?
>
> Windows XP Home Edition does not have Remote Desktop - only Remote
> Assistance.
>
> If you want Remote Desktop features - you have to use a third party product
> (UltraVNC, TightVNC, etc) to achieve it or upgrade to Windows XP
> Professional.
>
> The basic difference is that remote assistance is requested by a "novice"
> and the "expert" can then connect to the computer to view and ASK for
> control. There are other derivatives of this scenario - but you cannot use
> MSTSC(Remote Desktop Client) in any of them to make a Remote Assistance
> Connection.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>