Remote Desktop and XP Home

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Am I a complete idiot in that I can't find anything anywhere in XP Home's UI
or help stating clearly that XP Home supports being an Remote CLIENT but not
a HOST? I just wasted a day trying to get this to work, until I finally found
the KB content that SUGGESTS the sorry truth (but doesn't state it clearly
either) by only and specifically referring to XP Pro.
 
Rabbit said:
Am I a complete idiot in that I can't find anything anywhere in XP Home's
UI
or help stating clearly that XP Home supports being an Remote CLIENT but
not
a HOST? I just wasted a day trying to get this to work, until I finally
found
the KB content that SUGGESTS the sorry truth (but doesn't state it clearly
either) by only and specifically referring to XP Pro.
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XP Home can not act as a Remote Desktop host/server. If you want to remotely
access/control an XP Home box get the UltraVNC server, client, encryption
plug-in and XP video driver (install on the server only) from...

http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/

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Rabbit said:
Am I a complete idiot in that I can't find anything anywhere in XP
Home's UI or help stating clearly that XP Home supports being an
Remote CLIENT but not a HOST? I just wasted a day trying to get
this to work, until I finally found the KB content that SUGGESTS
the sorry truth (but doesn't state it clearly either) by only and
specifically referring to XP Pro.
Click to expand...

A quick google search for...
"Remote Desktop" and "Windows XP Home" brought up this Microsoft link:

Frequently Asked Questions About Remote Desktop
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/rdfaq.mspx

Where the third FAQ is...

'Q. Is Remote Desktop available on Windows XP Home Edition?

A. No, however you can upgrade from Windows XP Home Edition to Windows XP
Professional to get Remote Desktop. You can use Windows XP Home Edition as
the client for accessing your Windows XP Professional computer running
Remote Desktop.'

So - Windows XP Home Edition cannot act as the host for Remote Desktop. It
has Remote Assistant capability and any Windows computer (9x/200x and all
versions of XP) can run the client software used to connect to host-capable
PCs. That is the Microsoft Terminal Services Client (mstsc.exe).

Another option is to utilize freeware like UltraVNC or TightVNC...
 
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