*HELP* remote desktop connection

[proteanthread]

i can connect (using remote desktop) from xp home to xp mce 2005 but
not the other way around (xp mce 2005 to xp home); what could i be
doing wrong? what do i need to look for? both computers can see each
others shared folders on the network but thats about as far as i can
get. is there something i need to configure in xp home so that xp mce
2005 can see it through remote desktop?

 

[Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]]

XP Home does not support Remote Desktop as a host system. It works fine as a
client, but cannot act as a host.

 

[proteanthread]

XP Home does not support Remote Desktop as a host system. It works fine as a
client, but cannot act as a host.

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is there anyway that i can view the desktop remotely from xp mce
2005 ?

 

[Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]]

You would need to look into an alternative to Remote Desktop such as
RealVNC, UltraVNC or WinVNC. These programs are all based on the original
VNC client/server package, and give you "remote desktop" like access to
machines that do not support RDP.

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[Shenan Stanley]

i can connect (using remote desktop) from xp home to xp mce 2005 but
not the other way around (xp mce 2005 to xp home); what could i be
doing wrong? what do i need to look for? both computers can see
each others shared folders on the network but thats about as far as
i can get. is there something i need to configure in xp home so
that xp mce 2005 can see it through remote desktop?

XP Home does not support Remote Desktop as a host system. It works
fine as a client, but cannot act as a host.

is there anyway that i can view the desktop remotely from xp mce
2005 ?

The version of Windows does not matter much on the client-end - there are
clients for Remote Desktop for just about every version of Windows 9x... At
least from 98 on... You could even use the client for OS X... Linux...
etc. It's the server/host (machine you are remoting into) that is the
issue.

Third party program.
I suggest UltraVNC.

 

[proteanthread]

The version of Windows does not matter much on the client-end - there are
clients for Remote Desktop for just about every version of Windows 9x... At
least from 98 on... You could even use the client for OS X... Linux...
etc. It's the server/host (machine you are remoting into) that is the
issue.

Third party program.
I suggest UltraVNC.

So let me get this straight, I need to install UltraVNC (or RealVNC,
or WinVNC) on the machine that has XP Home ?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Wayhttp://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html


So let me get this straight, I need to install UltraVNC (or RealVNC,
or WinVNC) on the machine that has XP Home ?

You need to install VNC on both machines, the host and the client.

 

[Newbie Coder]

Proteanthread,

Real VNC is an OK application but it has its shortfalls.

If you get the Enterprise version then you have the encrpytion & the free
method seems to have a problem generating the license file & may stop you
connecting to the sever

If you are going both ways then you need the server running on both machines
otherwise you only need the server on the machine(s) you are trying to
connect to. You also need to make sure that port 5900 can get through your
firewall, as this is the default port used, which is changable.

There is another setback with Real VNC & that is NAT. If you use a wireless
router like I with NAT enabled Real VNC will give you a 10060 error message
(connection timeout). If you disaable NAT it will work, but some ISP's like
AOL do not support NAT disabled plus without NAT you cannot reach other
machines on the network. All this information can be found in the Real VNC
documentation on their site (http://www.realvnc.com/documentation.html)

Microsoft has a remote desktop utility download & I installed it on my
development machine in the IIS.

On XP Home you can only install the client but as one of the other previous
posters mentioned you have to connect to XP Pro SP2... This is backed up in
the following document under OVERVIEW:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...21-d48d-426e-96c2-08aa2bd23a49&DisplayLang=en

How to use Remote Desktop with XP Pro can be found here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/getstarted/remoteintro.mspx

I hope this helps,

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Proteanthread,

It's a good idea to reply to the person whom you are addressing,
not to one of the respondents.

 

[Newbie Coder]

Peggy - (e-mail address removed) )

I will do what I like Pegasus & if you see I was following on, but I didn't
want to speak to you at all so keep quiet! I wrote the name of the OP at the
top or couldn't you see that? I was just following on from what you said or
couldn't you follow that either? As you are a MVP you will need to do a
Google search for "Keep your comments to yourself"

Proteanthread,

Actually, I wasn't quite right with what I said previously

You can punch VNC through NAT by going through your gateway, setup a
firewall rule to allow ports 5800 & 5900 through. Then add a security
service, add the port 5900 for example then give it the IP address of the
LAN server or the IP address of the machine you are trying to connect to.

Port 5900 is for the Real VNC viewer
Port 5800 is for the Real VNC Java enabled browser

If you need to use the Java way then include ':5800' to the end of the IP
address. Example:

http://172.1.1.1:5800

See page 22 (bottom left of page (10060)) on this PDF:

http://www.realvnc.com/products/enterprise/4.2/winvncviewer.pdf

Then you need to go to your router, server... to allow port forwarding.

Hope this helps & Pegasus pick your toys up

 

[proteanthread]

Peggy - (e-mail address removed) )

I will do what I like Pegasus & if you see I was following on, but I didn't
want to speak to you at all so keep quiet! I wrote the name of the OP at the
top or couldn't you see that? I was just following on from what you said or
couldn't you follow that either? As you are a MVP you will need to do a
Google search for "Keep your comments to yourself"

Proteanthread,

Actually, I wasn't quite right with what I said previously

You can punch VNC through NAT by going through your gateway, setup a
firewall rule to allow ports 5800 & 5900 through. Then add a security
service, add the port 5900 for example then give it the IP address of the
LAN server or the IP address of the machine you are trying to connect to.

Port 5900 is for the Real VNC viewer
Port 5800 is for the Real VNC Java enabled browser

If you need to use the Java way then include ':5800' to the end of the IP
address. Example:

http://172.1.1.1:5800

See page 22 (bottom left of page (10060)) on this PDF:

http://www.realvnc.com/products/enterprise/4.2/winvncviewer.pdf

Then you need to go to your router, server... to allow port forwarding.

Hope this helps & Pegasus pick your toys up

it does guys, thanks everyone. got it working.

 

[Dana Cline - MVP]

I think UltraVNC is the fastest of the 3...

Dana Cline - MCE MVP

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Thanks Dana, I will give it a try.

There is also TightVNC...