Windows XP Home Edition

[Lysander]

Is Remote Desktop supposed to work in XP Home? I've tried
checking the System Properties, under the Remote tab, and
there's no box for Remote Destop, there's only one for
Remote Assistance. I know that there should be a way,
because when I configured my Firewall it said I could
leave a port open for Remote Destop. Can anyone help me
out?

 

[Sooner Al]

Remote Desktop on an XP Home box only runs as the client, meaning you can only use it to
access/control an XP Pro box running Remote Desktop or a W2K Server running Terminal Services...

Look at using NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing (RDS) or VNC in order to access/control an XP Home
box remotely...

You can get the VNC software from http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/ , http://www.realvnc.com or
http://www.tightvnc.com

Note that the VNC data stream is *NOT* encrypted like the RDS data stream is. Over the public
internet that is a potential security risk. Some folks run VNC through VPN or SSH tunnels.

NetMeeting is built-in to XP and 2000 and can *NOT* be upgraded. Look at this KB article for help
with RDS...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;233175