Vista and Remote Desktop Connections

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All,

Which flavor of Vista has Remote Desktop Connection?

Thanks and have a wonderful evening................
 
Hello Rock,

Thanks for the link but the only reference to remote desktop connection was
"Desktop deployment tools for managed networks" therefore one can only
assume 'remote desktop connection is part of this statement?' In that case
then only the higher end Vista OS has this network application?

Thanks,
 
Hello Elmtailye,

I figure so much and thanks for the response. I was hoping to get off cheap
with the Home Edition.

Have a wonderful evening!
 
1dirtidog said:
All,

Which flavor of Vista has Remote Desktop Connection?

Thanks and have a wonderful evening................
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Are you wanting to connect remotely to Vista or make remote connections from
Vista? If the latter, then all versions of Vista support that. If the
former, then you need Business, Ultimate or Enterprise.
 
Hello Tom,

Yes, I want to connect from my home (VPN) to my office PC which is running
XP and on a intranet.

Thanks,
 
Hi Tom.
How do you mean 'all versions of vista support remote desktop connection' if
one wants to connect from vista to xp. I have vista home premium on my laptop
and I don't have remote desktop connection. I can't find anywhere I can
download it. Do you know how I can get it onto my vista home premium?
Regrads
Sam
 
Start > All Programs > Accessories. Remote Desktop Connection is there in
Home Premium.
 
Wellpleased said:
Hi Tom.
How do you mean 'all versions of vista support remote desktop connection'
if one wants to connect from vista to xp. I have vista home premium on my
laptop and I don't have remote desktop connection. I can't find anywhere
I can download it. Do you know how I can get it onto my vista home
premium? Regrads
Sam
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If you can't find it on the start menu (should be under Accessories on the
start menu) just enter mstsc.exe in the search box on the start menu.
 
The $400 version for arguably the most fundamental component of home
networking after file sharing.

Remote desktop in the home/soho network allows users to have multiple PCs
and easily manage their outlook PST files, honor license agreements for
software they legitimately purchase, and manage the home network.

XP Pro has all the media features of XPHome and had a reasonable increase in
price. over XP home... no wonder Vista sales is not optimal if MS expects
users to pay $400 for basic home networking features.

I would like to know from Microsoft what the user requirements gathering
showed for remote desktop? My family and every other multi-computer family I
know is using remote desktop in the home.... this is not just a business
feature.
 
Sorry you are saying that Vista Home Premuim does allow Remote Desktop
Connection?
 
Home Premium has the client portion only, not host.
Can't connect to it from other PC's.
 
I didn't *do* anything. I just tried it and it worked. I hooked one of
my Windows XP machines direct to the internet to make sure it would work
out of the network. I sent an email invitation to the XP machine with
the Vista one, and it worked. I could access the Vista desktop with full
control from the XP machine. Then I tried it the other way around. Got
full control of the XP desktop with the Vista machine.

Menno what did you do on the Vista side to get it working?
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Beats me. I was just curious about it so I tried it. I didn't hack
anything. I have the downloaded upgrade version of Home Premium. But I
doubt that makes any difference.

Wonder how Menno has the option?
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OK, you are talking about Remote Assistance, not Remote Desktop.
Different but similar features. Perhaps the biggest difference is that
Remote Assistance requires an invitation, and Remote Desktop doesn't.

Regards,

Dave

Menno Hershberger said:
I didn't *do* anything. I just tried it and it worked. I hooked one of
my Windows XP machines direct to the internet to make sure it would
work
out of the network. I sent an email invitation to the XP machine with
the Vista one, and it worked. I could access the Vista desktop with
full
control from the XP machine. Then I tried it the other way around. Got
full control of the XP desktop with the Vista machine.
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Menno has Remote Assistance working, not Remote Desktop. As pointed out
in other posts, you can't Remote Desktop into Home version, you can only
Remote Desktop out of them.

Regards,

Dave
 
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