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Kate said:
Will remote access work with the XP Home Edition?
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Remote Assistance?.. Yes.
What is Remote Assistance?
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=300546

Remote Desktop?.. No.
What is Remote Desktop?
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/remotedesktop/

Can you still work remotely?.. Yes.
Third party (free) applications can allow you to work remotely on your PC.
What third party applications do this for Free?
The best substitute for Windows XP Home and Remote Desktop (IMO) is
UltraVNC:
http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/index.html
 
XP Home can be a remote access client, but not a remote access host.

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Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

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