XP Remote Desktop help

HI,

I have a laptop running XP Media and a computer running XP Home. I wish to
be able to use remote desktop so that I can easily view files on one or the
other. By running remote desktop on my computer I can successfully connect to
my laptop (via wireless), however when I try from my laptop to my computer it
fails to connect. I have discovered that the reason of this may be because of
some settings that are not correct. I found that in order to allow a remote
computer to connect to the current computer (e.g. the one I am on now) I need
to "allow users to connect remotely to this computer". In my 'System
Properties' on my laptop under the 'Remote' tab I have the option to "allow
users to connect remotely to this computer" via a 'check box', however when I
try this on my computer there is no check box to "allow users to connect
remotely to this computer", it is not there and I am guessing that this is
the reason I cannot connect remotely to my computer.

Can anyone help me, is there anyway that I can get this option to appear?

"Matt" <Matt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A2455D62-6D3E-45DA-AB14-409694A0C63F@microsoft.com...
> HI,
>
> I have a laptop running XP Media and a computer running XP Home. I wish to
> be able to use remote desktop so that I can easily view files on one or
> the
> other. By running remote desktop on my computer I can successfully connect
> to
> my laptop (via wireless), however when I try from my laptop to my computer
> it
> fails to connect. I have discovered that the reason of this may be because
> of
> some settings that are not correct. I found that in order to allow a
> remote
> computer to connect to the current computer (e.g. the one I am on now) I
> need
> to "allow users to connect remotely to this computer". In my 'System
> Properties' on my laptop under the 'Remote' tab I have the option to
> "allow
> users to connect remotely to this computer" via a 'check box', however
> when I
> try this on my computer there is no check box to "allow users to connect
> remotely to this computer", it is not there and I am guessing that this is
> the reason I cannot connect remotely to my computer.
>
> Can anyone help me, is there anyway that I can get this option to appear?

XP Home edition can *NOT* act as a Remote Desktop host by design. You can
use an alternative like UltraVNC with its encryption plug-in as an
alternative.

http://www.uvnc.com/index.html

UltraVNC support forums...

http://forum.ultravnc.info/

Otherwise you can upgrade to XP Pro or Vista Ultimate/Business editions and
get Remote Desktop host functionality...

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