Can you use remote desktop with Home edition?

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Hello to all,

Can you use remote desktop with the home edition of Windows XP?

Second question:

If so... can you use the Home edition from home with remote desktop, and log
onto it while using the professional edition at work?
thanks
 
You can't use XP Home as remote desktop host. You can use the XP Home or any Windows OS to access a XP Pro using remote desktop.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
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Hello to all,

Can you use remote desktop with the home edition of Windows XP?

Second question:

If so... can you use the Home edition from home with remote desktop, and log
onto it while using the professional edition at work?
thanks
 
My understanding is that it will work on Windows 95, 98, NT4.0, 2000 or any
version of XP.

You can be on any of the above and connect to any of the others, as long as
Remote Desktop is installed on all computers connecting to and\or from.
 
Urokira said:
Hello to all,

Can you use remote desktop with the home edition of Windows XP?
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No.
UltraVNC works fine though.
If so... can you use the Home edition from home with remote desktop,
and log onto it while using the professional edition at work?
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The answer to question one sort of negates question two. Unless you mean:
Can I be at home and remote into my work computer - which is Windows XP
Professional?
Then the answer is yes.. You can remote from home to work given that the
ports are open through any corporate firewall and personal firewall on the
machine, the Remote Desktop feature is enabled and your user is allowed to
use it (and has a password, etc) and any routers between the work machine
and the actual internet are configured to route such requests properly (if
the IP you have at work is not an external IP.)
 
soccerdad said:
My understanding is that it will work on Windows 95, 98, NT4.0, 2000 or
any
version of XP.

You can be on any of the above and connect to any of the others, as long
as
Remote Desktop is installed on all computers connecting to and\or from.
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Ahh, no, you can remote *from* any of the above but only *to* an XP Pro
machine.

There are tricks to get XP home to do things it normally can't, but I don't
know them.

As for the earlier Windows, you probably want to look at PcAnywhere or
GoToMyPc.

Bob
 
I have windows xp pro on the computer home but if I try to connect from an
other computer even on my workgroup with remete access I get the following
error
remote connextions might not be enabeled or computer might be too busy ....
A far as I know I have enabeled my computer at home for incoming con.
ticking the box 'allow others to make private connection...' in the incoming
connections properties box. I also got a static IP adress from my ISP

Anybody can give me any help on this?
Thanx
 
Martin said:
I have windows xp pro on the computer home but if I try to connect
from an other computer even on my workgroup with remete access I get
the following error
remote connextions might not be enabeled or computer might be too
busy .... A far as I know I have enabeled my computer at home for
incoming con. ticking the box 'allow others to make private
connection...' in the incoming connections properties box. I also got
a static IP adress from my ISP

Anybody can give me any help on this?
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http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/RemoteDesktopSetupandTroubleshooting.html
 
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