I just upgraded a system from Win2k to XP SP1, and decided to enable the
remote desktop so that I could access resources on two different systems
(one remote, one local) at once.
When I try to connect, I'm shown a logon screen on the remote system, but it

Remote Desktop is a good utility to be used for users working on their
system remotely, however it can be used to troubleshoot problems of a
remote user. I have got a scenario where if I need to help a user, I
need that my user knows what I am doing. I have done testing, which

I am tring to find a way to connect an XP home computer
with a dial up internet connection to an XP Pro computer
with a dial up connection.  Has anyone been able to do
this and if so HOW!?

I've been delighted with the Remote Desktop Client, happily running it
under Mac OS 10.2.8 to connect with our Windows XP system from a
number of different locations.
Or at least I was delighted until yesterday, when I began to get a

All of my older machines are fine. When I buy new XP Home
or Pro and try to connect to my terminal server (which
has a static and public IP) I get the same message on
about 5 new systems I have bought and that is:

I can't connect to XP Pro host at all.  Host is NATted behind wireless router.  Have setup Virtual Server to port forward 3389.  Setup wireless firewall to allow connection.  I can't connect from work even though I'm "allowed" through work firewall.  Tried from XP Home within ...

How do I tell WinXP to allow a remotely-connected user (through Remote
Desktops) to shutdown and/or restart the system? All I can do by default is
Logout or Disconnect. I've had a look through the options in gpedit.msc but
can't see anything relevant.

I have a PC in my home and office.  I've set both up to access remotely using Remote Desktop Connection.  I have no trouble accessing my home PC from my office, but I can not access my office PC from my home.  I don't believe I am behind a firewall as I have a DSL connection from ...

someone sent me a request to help them via remote assist.  i run eudora on
this end, and when i double click the attachment, XP has nothing associated
with it.  is there an exe i can use to open the attachment someplace?
messenger isnt an option, i need to do this as is using eudora ...

Home has a cable modem, D-Link DI-804HV VPN firewall
router, and a network starting at 192.168.0.1.  Office has
a T1 with a static IP, same router, network starting at
192.168.1.1.  XP Pro machines at both ends.  I want to be

I'm using "Xircom Cardbus Ethernet + 56K Modem" with on my Toshiba Tecra 8000 laptop.  The dialup connection worked fine with XP Home.  I upgraded to XP Pro, then the dialup stopped working.  Digging into Microsoft Technet & all articles, I followed them all, but I still cann't ...

I have a folder on my desktop that is "shared", and a briefcase on my
notebook that the files were dragged into. I can update files in either the
desktop or the notebook and the updates to and from are successful.
However, if I create a new folder or a new file in the Briefcase (on ...

Is file filetransfer via RD slower than using normal fileshared folders
If I copy a file within a RD session and pastes it in my real Windows session, is that file transfer slower than if I would have a mapped share and copied the file that way? Hope you understand how I mean :
I ...

i've got four pc's networked and they communicate ok, but i can't get remote desktop to work. I get the message saying one of the computers needs to be a server.

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