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My elderly dad, who is thousands of miles away and not very computer
literate, and had a very old overtaxed computer, went out and bought a
new Vista machine without asking me, about a year ago, whereas I
prefer XP, which is what I've had.
He would love me to be able to remotely access his computer to fix
what he messes up, occasionally. A year or so ago, as I recall, after
claims to the contrary by several others, I think I concluded that
there was no way to use the normal windows tools to set this up, i.e.,
when you are trying to access a Vista machine from an XP machine (the
other way around will work, I'm told). I think these tools involved
remote desktop and remote assistance, or some names like those. I
cannot find the post.
I also recall several recomendations for various other third party
(free, I think) products that others claimed would work but last time
I was with my dad for a half-day or so, I could not get any of them to
work.
Is there anyone else out there who has accomplished this, i.e. being
able to remotely access a Vista PC via an XP PC? Also, for what it's
worth my XP computer goes through a router whereas his computer is
standalone. Both have high speed access now.
Thanks
Dean
literate, and had a very old overtaxed computer, went out and bought a
new Vista machine without asking me, about a year ago, whereas I
prefer XP, which is what I've had.
He would love me to be able to remotely access his computer to fix
what he messes up, occasionally. A year or so ago, as I recall, after
claims to the contrary by several others, I think I concluded that
there was no way to use the normal windows tools to set this up, i.e.,
when you are trying to access a Vista machine from an XP machine (the
other way around will work, I'm told). I think these tools involved
remote desktop and remote assistance, or some names like those. I
cannot find the post.
I also recall several recomendations for various other third party
(free, I think) products that others claimed would work but last time
I was with my dad for a half-day or so, I could not get any of them to
work.
Is there anyone else out there who has accomplished this, i.e. being
able to remotely access a Vista PC via an XP PC? Also, for what it's
worth my XP computer goes through a router whereas his computer is
standalone. Both have high speed access now.
Thanks
Dean