Remote Desktop - Help!

[The Magnet]

Hi,

I'm trying to enable Remote Desktop in Vista. When I go to Remote
Settings the window only seems to have the top half filled in.
Meaning that I see only 1 checkbox "Allow Remote Assistance
connections to this computer".

There is no radio buttons on the bottom half as there is in all the
examples on the web. My windows firewall is off. I am running
McAfee.

Help please??

 

[Guest]

You cannot use Remote Desktop Connection to connect to remote (host)
computers running the following editions of Windows Vista:

Windows Vista Starter

Windows Vista Home Basic

Windows Vista Home Basic N

Windows Vista Home Premium

However, any edition of Windows Vista can be running on your computer (the
one you want to connect from).

From
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/...Desktop-Connection-frequently-asked-questions
which is the same as Help.

 

[The Magnet]

You cannot use Remote Desktop Connection to connect to remote (host)
computers running the following editions of Windows Vista:

Windows Vista Starter

Windows Vista Home Basic

Windows Vista Home Basic N

Windows Vista Home Premium

However, any edition of Windows Vista can be running on your computer (the
one you want to connect from).

Fromhttp://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Remote-Desktop-Conne....
which is the same as Help.

I'm not sure I am clear.

At work I am running XP. At home I am running Vista. I set up the
Vista machine as a VPN Server. From work I want to connect to the
Vista machine and use Remote Desktop. I can successfully establish a
VPN connection from work to home, but that is as far as I can go.

Am I missing something?

 

[Guest]

Which vista are you running

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You cannot use Remote Desktop Connection to connect to remote (host)
computers running the following editions of Windows Vista:

Windows Vista Starter

Windows Vista Home Basic

Windows Vista Home Basic N

Windows Vista Home Premium

However, any edition of Windows Vista can be running on your computer (the
one you want to connect from).

Fromhttp://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Remote-Desktop-Conne...
which is the same as Help.

I'm not sure I am clear.

At work I am running XP. At home I am running Vista. I set up the
Vista machine as a VPN Server. From work I want to connect to the
Vista machine and use Remote Desktop. I can successfully establish a
VPN connection from work to home, but that is as far as I can go.

Am I missing something?

 

[The Magnet]

Which vista are you running

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I'm not sure I am clear.

At work I am running XP.  At home I am running Vista.  I set up the
Vista machine as a VPN Server.  From work I want to connect to the
Vista machine and use Remote Desktop.  I can successfully establish a
VPN connection from work to home, but that is as far as I can go.

Am I missing something?

Vista Home Premium. From here I can VPN out to my XP box at work
with no problems. But from my XP box at work the VPN connects, but
the Remote Desktop never comes up.

 

[The Magnet]

Which vista are you running

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I'm not sure I am clear.

At work I am running XP.  At home I am running Vista.  I set up the
Vista machine as a VPN Server.  From work I want to connect to the
Vista machine and use Remote Desktop.  I can successfully establish a
VPN connection from work to home, but that is as far as I can go.

Am I missing something?

Let me go further. I set up the server using this URL:
http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/Vista/PPTP/PPTPVPN.html

In Step #6 where you enter the IP's, I'm assuming that the "FROM" is
referring to my router IP and the "TO" is the IP I want to give the
incoming client.

Any just to give you an idea: Cable Moden --> Router --> Vista Box

I did forward port 1723 to the Vista box.

 

[Guest]

It isn't available on home premium as my first post stated.

Quote from Help
You cannot use Remote Desktop Connection to connect to remote (host)
computers running the following editions of Windows Vista:

Windows Vista Starter

Windows Vista Home Basic

Windows Vista Home Basic N

Windows Vista Home Premium

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Which vista are you running

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I'm not sure I am clear.

At work I am running XP. At home I am running Vista. I set up the
Vista machine as a VPN Server. From work I want to connect to the
Vista machine and use Remote Desktop. I can successfully establish a
VPN connection from work to home, but that is as far as I can go.

Am I missing something?

Let me go further. I set up the server using this URL:
http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/Vista/PPTP/PPTPVPN.html

In Step #6 where you enter the IP's, I'm assuming that the "FROM" is
referring to my router IP and the "TO" is the IP I want to give the
incoming client.

Any just to give you an idea: Cable Moden --> Router --> Vista Box

I did forward port 1723 to the Vista box.

 

[Charlie Tame]

You can't do it, install UltraVNC instead, it's better anyway,

http://www.uvnc.com/

Other sill suggest teamviwer, personally I've not found that to be any
use at all but it might work for you...


Please post back if you find the solution, it helps others. Thanks.

Charlie Tame