Remote Desktop set-up

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Please follow along below and advise if possible.

Question:
I am trying to get this up and running but keep getting errors. My XP pro
network is set up as a workgroup. Currently the error is saying that there
is no terminal server present. Now what?

Answer:
If your trying to browse for PCs using the Remote Desktop connectoid browser
function in a work
group, then you will see that message. Instead call using the LAN IP of the
PC your trying to
connect to.

Question:
How do I do that? Do I need to install (or ensure installation) of
additional XP software?

Background:
All home network PC's are running XP Pro SP2. I have used the appropriate
wizards to set everything up, including the remote desktop wizard. My
ultimate goal is to enable connection to my office PC (I am a partner in a
small business).

Thanks.
 
You can get the LAN IP of the PC your trying to connect to by running the "Start -> Run -> cmd",
then at the prompt run the ipconfig command. Use that IP to call from another PC on the same LAN. Of
course this presumes you have Remote Desktop enabled on the PC your trying to connect to...

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/getstarted/remoteintro.mspx

You normally can not use the browse feature in a work group environment. If you really want to do
that look at this KB article for help. Reboot each PC once the change to the registry has been made.

READ THESE TWO KB ARTICLE FIRST!!!!!!

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;256986
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;322756

The registry hack...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;281307

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Bugsy said:
Please follow along below and advise if possible.

Question:
I am trying to get this up and running but keep getting errors. My
XP pro network is set up as a workgroup. Currently the error is
saying that there is no terminal server present. Now what?

Answer:
If your trying to browse for PCs using the Remote Desktop connectoid
browser function in a work
group, then you will see that message. Instead call using the LAN IP
of the PC your trying to
connect to.
Yep.


Question:
How do I do that? Do I need to install (or ensure installation) of
additional XP software?
Click to expand...

No - just use your remote desktop client and manually input the host name or
IP of the computer you want to connect to.
Background:
All home network PC's are running XP Pro SP2. I have used the
appropriate wizards to set everything up, including the remote
desktop wizard. My ultimate goal is to enable connection to my
office PC (I am a partner in a small business).
Click to expand...

Do you mean from the Internet, or from the LAN?
 
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