I have two computers both have XP Home- one connects to the router via
wireless the other via cable. How can I see the desktop of the remote
computer so that I can access programmes on the remote computer?  I can see
shared files OK between the two but I cant get beyond that.

I have the following problem.
I've setup a VPN server on a winxp pro. Everything works fine, I can connect
to it and transfer files. The problem es that connected or not when I access
de CMD and type ipconfig I don't recieve the usual device information. I

I am using Remote Desktop a lot against a specific computer.
But I receive the following message: "You already have an active Remote
Desktop connection on the computer.
Please select one of the following:"

I am as many others not able to connect to my pc at home by remote
desktop service because I am behind a corporate/company firewall.
I've read dosens of topics about this subject to make a work around, so
man can connect at home eventually. But none is working.

                  i have hp ipaq 4155 with terminal services installed.i use
windows xp pro and i've set it up for remote desktop.a wireless linksys
router i've also opened ports for my ipaq to view my desktop from any
location. up to this point i'm not able to accomplish said ...

Trying to connect from my house (=XP) to my office (=Server 2003) but I get
timed-out.
Ip-adress, user name, pw & domain are all correct.
Am I overlooking something? (ports? firewall?)

I have a freak problem with Remote Desktop under WinXP Pro SP2. When I try to
open a session, it says connecting for a few seconds and the window then just
closes without an error message. The machine I'm trying to connect to then
records the following error message 8 times in ...

Does an RD host need to have a static IP address?
Tonky

I have 2 machines behind a Netgear router.  The XP Home one can ask for
remote assistance.  The XP Pro one cannot.
When the invite a friend to offer remote assistance link is clicked, the
message "A program could not start.  Please try again" appears.  It comes up

We use Terminal Server and RDP to run our Programs over the
Internet - works very well.
What would be really cool is to be able to
initiate a program to run on the local client PC from the remotely running

I have multiple PC's behind a firewall with port redirection set up to allow
remote desktop connections. I cannot use the default 3389 port because if I
do then I can only connect to 1 PC. I have configured the port correctly and
I can get to the Web based Remote Desktop ...

I've got RDC setup on my home computer and access it regularly, however,
I've noticed that if I'm not already logged in at home I'm unable to
login from a remote machine  I get an error saying it can't connect.  Is
there a service somewhere that isn't enabled? What could be ...

System Category: Notebooks
Operating System: Windows XP Professional
Issue Description: The laptop has a Soft Data Modem with SmartCP built
in. The Laptop is in power saving mode: turn off monitor after 10 min,

Hi! I hope somebody can help me on this.
I build an application from VB and MS SQL Server. I want to access the
server from a different location via the internet. I have an ordinary
D-Link router (dont know what the model is) connected to a 2GB DSL

Have got 2 very time-consuming parents who are constantly in need of
help with the computer...
what I am looking  for now is a program where I can log into their
computer without having them logged off, so they can actually see what