XP Pro Remote Desktop and Win2k

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Don Harvey

I have never used Win2K. Can a Win2K machine use remote desktop. I would
think so, but I have no idea as to what is available. I use XP Pro and
really like Remote Desktop.
 
Windows 2000 can use Remote Desktop in a *client* mode to access/control an XP Pro Remote Desktop
host. If you need to access/control a Windows 2000 desktop (not a server), then look at VNC or
NetMeeting RDS to access/control a remote XP Home machine. Get the VNC server and client from...

http://www.realvnc.com

NetMeeting is built-in to XP and 2000 and can *NOT* be upgraded. Look at this KB article for help
with RDS...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;233175

If this is over the public internet, then keep in mind the VNC data link is *NOT* encrypted like the
NetMeeting RDS link is, if that matters to you. Some folks run VNC through SSH or VPN tunnels.

Note that you can use Remote Desktop to access/control Windows 2000 Servers running Terminal
Services.
 
This should read...."look at VNC or NetMeeting RDS to access/control a remote Windows 2000
machine"...
 
Well, you can use Win2k Pro as a client machine to connect to the WinXP
machine but you cannot connect to a Win2k Pro machine through remote
desktop. But if you have Win2k Server, you can install the Terminal Server
component in remote administration mode and get 2 sessions.

For additional information on remote desktop please check out this link -
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/remotedesktop/
 
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