Remote Desktop

[Guest]

I have two home computers one having XP Home and the other XP Pro oprerating
systems on them, I have network them by using a switch. The problem is that I
cannot get remote desktop to work on both of them. On the XP Home computer I
can get a remote desktop connection to the XP Pro computer, but on the XP
Pro computer I cannot get a remote desktop connection, I keep getting this
message "The client could not connect to the remote computer. Remote
connections might not be enabled or the computer might be too busy to connect
to accept new connections. It is also possible that network problems are
preventing your connections." What do I need to do to fix this problem?

Paul

 

[Dan DiNicolo]

Windows XP Home does not include the Remote Desktop (server) feature, so
that's the problem. An alternative is to install a program like VNC on the
Home system:

www.realvnc.com

Good luck,
Dan

 

[Eric McG]

Remote Assistance is available for both XP Home and XP Professional. Remote
Desktop is NOT available for Windows XP Home Edition.

See the following links for more info:

What's the difference between Windows XP Home and Professional editions?
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article10-002

How to use remote Desktop Access in Windows XP
http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/wxprmdtp.htm