Remote Desktop Silent connection

[John Ryan]

My question relates to configuring the Remote Desktop Host and Client to
symultaneously view the desktop together.

1. I have noticed that Remote Administration allows both desktops to be
seems at the same time. In using Remote desktops when the
a.) Can a Remote Desktops session be configured to allow both the host
desktop and the client desktop to be seen at the same time, in a similar way
that Remote administration does?
Under the current setup, when the host accepts a connection, the clients
screen is locked out.
b.) Will Remote Desktop work through a VPN and FIREWALL.
c.) If yes, do I neede to open a particular port on the forewall,

Kind regards,

John Ryan

 

[Mahadev Alladi[MS]]

a) To do what you described in here, you can either you the Remote
Assistance feature or try the shadow.exe command line tool to remote control
or view another session. Search in 'Help and Support' to learn how to do
this.
b) Yes, remote control works through a VPN and FIREWALL
C) Forward Port 3389.

Go through these links -
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/remotedesktop/faq.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gethelp/remoteassist/rafaq-general.asp