Remote Desktop connection

[Guest]

OK a few questions here, my borhter always needs help, so how can we use the
reomte desktop connection. He is in Tacoma Washington, I am in Ohio. We both
have high speed internet, What do i need fro him so I can connect to his
computer remotely? Also i use a router and he doesn't, do i need to configure
my router for this? Finally my brother told me that when he goes to the
properties tab of his (my computer) and then goes to the remote tab, that
aparently ther is no option for him to allow usere to connect to his computer
remotely. He is an adminstrator, and he does have the remote deaktop software
istalled, because he tried to download and install it but an error message
told him that is was already installed. Any and all help will be very much
appreciated

 

[Sooner Al [MVP]]

It sounds like he is running XP Home. In that case you can not use Remote Desktop to access/control
his PC. So, some alternatives are..

* You could use a program like VNC to access/control his PC from your PC. I recommend UltraVNC. You
can get the server, client and encryption plug-in from...

http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/

You need to use the encryption plug-in if you run VNC over the public internet since the native VNC
data stream is *NOT* encrypted, or run VNC through a VPN or SSH tunnel. Here is help with the later,
ie. running UltraVNC through a SSH tunnel.

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/SSH-RDP-VNC/RemoteDesktopVNCandSSH.html

SSH requires TCP Port 22 be open on any firewall/NAT/router at your brothers end. If you use the
native VNC link (without SSH) then TCP Port 5900 needs to be open.

* If your both running XP (Pro or Home) you could also use Remote Assistance...

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/remoteassist/intro.mspx

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