VPN from XP Home

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Hi, we have recently moved on to SBS Server and I want to connect to my work
PC which uses XP Pro.from my home PC which uses XP Home edition. I can get on
to the server but am unable to connect to my PC.
I have been told that I need to upgrade my home PC to XP Professional but
the cost to upgrade is causing concern.
Also my home PC only has 256k RAM and I'm concerned it may cause respone
problems.
Is there another way round this or must I upgrade ?
 
Hi, we have recently moved on to SBS Server and I want to connect to my
work
PC which uses XP Pro.from my home PC which uses XP Home edition. I can get on
to the server but am unable to connect to my PC.
I have been told that I need to upgrade my home PC to XP Professional but
the cost to upgrade is causing concern.
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You have been told wrong. XP Pro has to run on remote machine you are
CONNECTING TO, not connecting from.
Also my home PC only has 256k RAM and I'm concerned it may cause respone
problems.
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I never thought it was possible to run XP home on PC with 256k RAM. Are you
using Intlel 8088 processor too?
(PS. 256MB RAM would be fine)
Is there another way round this or must I upgrade ?
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As explained above.
 
How do you "get on to the server?" Are you making a VPN connection?
Remote Desktop? Similarly, how do you want to access your work PC? Access
file shares? You need to be more specific. Depending what you are trying
to do ports may need to be forwarded ion the server firewall. Is there a
system administrator at your office? If so, you should consult with
him/her.

256M RAM is adequate to run XP, but performance (especially multitasking)
would be better with more. The 256 will not, in itself, cause problems
other than limiting performance.
 
I run XP Pro on an old laptop with 128 Meg of RAM...a tad slow at times but
adequate...:-)

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Sorry - I misread the subject line in your message before. After you
connect to the server at work, open a command prompt and type >start
\\netname (the name of your work computer). This should either open an
explorer view of the available shares or report an error message. If an
error, please post it.
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