Remote Desktop Connection

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I just purchased a notebook with Vista Home Premium. I would like to connect
to my desktop PC on my home network that is running XP Pro. I can not
establis the connection. Any suggestions. Also I had a Terminal Services
Acount to remote into my work network. Can I do the same running Vista Home
Premium or do i need vista Ultimate?
 
Troy said:
I just purchased a notebook with Vista Home Premium. I would like to
connect
to my desktop PC on my home network that is running XP Pro. I can not
establis the connection. Any suggestions. Also I had a Terminal Services
Acount to remote into my work network. Can I do the same running Vista
Home
Premium or do i need vista Ultimate?
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Make sure the Vista Remote Desktop client is configured like this when
connecting to a XP Pro Remote Desktop (RDP) host machine...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/ScreenShots/XP/RDP6-XPClientSettings.jpg

You also need to make sure Remote Desktop is enabled on the XP Pro machine
and that TCP Port 3389 is open/forwarded on any software firewall the XP box
is running. See this page for general help, hints, etc for using Remote
Desktop...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/RemoteDesktopSetupandTroubleshooting.html

Remember is your trying to connect over the public internet you need TCP
Port 3389 open/forwarded in any router or firewall the XP box is behind.
Call using the public IP of the router.

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