Terminal Services for XP home

[mgm]

Can anyone tell me if Terminal Services is available for XP home and if Win
Vista all versions includes Terminal Services. My new laptop has Vista and
I want to access my home desktop (xp home) during my vacation. Any ideas on
how to do this would be appreciated.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Can anyone tell me if Terminal Services is available for XP home and if
Win Vista all versions includes Terminal Services. My new laptop has
Vista and I want to access my home desktop (xp home) during my vacation.
Any ideas on how to do this would be appreciated.

No, WinXP Home does not include terminal services
(usually referred to as "Remote Desktop"). You need
a third-party product such as WinVNC.

 

[mgm]

Thanks for the reply. Can you please tell me if WinVNC allows for file
transferr like Remote Desktop does?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

WinVNC version 3 did not but I believe that version 4 does.
Check their web page!

 

[Guest]

Adding to Pegasus, yes they have the file Transfer:
http://www.realvnc.com/products/personal/

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Can anyone tell me if Terminal Services is available for XP home
and if Win Vista all versions includes Terminal Services. My new
laptop has Vista and I want to access my home desktop (xp home)
during my vacation. Any ideas on how to do this would be
appreciated.

No, WinXP Home does not include terminal services
(usually referred to as "Remote Desktop"). You need
a third-party product such as WinVNC.

Thanks for the reply. Can you please tell me if WinVNC allows for
file transferr like Remote Desktop does?

WinVNC version 3 did not but I believe that version 4 does.
Check their web page!

Adding to Pegasus, yes they have the file Transfer:
http://www.realvnc.com/products/personal/

Adding to all of them...

UltraVNC
http://www.ultravnc.org/

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Can anyone tell me if Terminal Services is available for XP home and if
Win Vista all versions includes Terminal Services. My new laptop has
Vista and I want to access my home desktop (xp home) during my vacation.
Any ideas on how to do this would be appreciated.

Note as well that you may need to set up a DDNS client so that you have a
stable address to connect to, and when you do that, that you must also be
sure that you have adequate security in place. Otherwise, you may find
that you've had visitors while you were away. And of course your router
must be configured to allow traffic on the correct ports.

HTH
-pk