Remote Desktop Connection in Vista

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Hello,
I am trying to decide which version of Vista is right for our family. I do
use Remote Desktop Connection to connect from home to work using Windows XP.
Will this be available in Windows Vista Home Premium, which is the version I
would like to get?

Thanks,
Brandon
 
I think that is only the server/host function much like it is today, ie. XP
Pro/MCE can act as a Remote Desktop host, while XP Home can only act as a
Remote Desktop client. The client software is built-in to all versions of
XP...

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That's what I was thinking...Microsoft doesn't make this very clear. I would
think they would have client capabilities in all versions, but does anyone
know for sure?

Thanks,
Brandon
 
I'm trying to find out...:-)

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If remote desktop doesn't work, try going to www.logmein.com

Not sure if it works with Vista yet, I haven't got around to testing, but
their free service is excellent.
 
I was reminded by another person on another forum that there is a Beta RDP
6.0 client undergoing testing. I presume this would also be available for
Vista Home editions if it was not built-in...

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Thanks for checking on that!

Brandon

Sooner Al said:
I was reminded by another person on another forum that there is a Beta RDP
6.0 client undergoing testing. I presume this would also be available for
Vista Home editions if it was not built-in...

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As an FYI MS has released an RDP 6.0 client for XP and Windows 2003. Its
currently available via Microsoft Update...

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Home Premium will have the client, but can't be a host (you won't be
able to connect TO it from another computer using RDP).

Ok, so Remote Desktop Connection will be in Home Premium? I want to be able
to connect to other computers from my Vista machine and connect to my Vista
machine over the internet. I am not sure what the release of RDC 6.0 means
to this Vista edition.
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