Any tips using RDC over a secure connection?  Is this necessary?
Does a  RDC connection exchange data that could be sniffed?

I hope you can help me with my problem.
I have a home network (wireless) with 1 - desktop; 2 - laptops and two
printers. All computers are running Windows XP -Pro SP2 and I am using MC
AFee Firewall. My ISP is DSL with static IP and the DSL Modem is configured

We have a user who has the following problem:  After they connect to
their machine via remote desktop (from home), when they return to work
and plug in a USB device such as a Palm, XP will no longer recognize
that the device is plugged in and they must reboot their computer.  Any

Hi,
I have a laptop and travel alot due to work commitments. I could travel
anywhere and vpn in to the network, no matter which area.
However, now whenever I change area I have to change the area code to match

I have RDC working well now, but I'd like to lock down where it can be
accessed from (e.g. by MAC address).
Alternatively is anyone aware of a hardware solution that would provide
stonger authentication using public/private key technology?

Ok, I am NOT a "computer professional". But I need answers.  Our network
admin. can't seem to figure this out, so I am left to try and do it myself.  
So I need a lot of help.
I am trying to log onto my network at work thru a VPN connection.  I believe

Is it possible to reboot the remote desktop with xp pro?

Running Windows XP Home Edition SP1 and when using the error checking tool,
after double clicking my computer, then right clicking the C drive, then
clicking properties, clicking tools and under clicking the check boxes.  
Rebooting the computer a message appears, the volume is ...

I am working in a international company and there do a lot of operation
remotely in different places.
But I starting to get irritated the way Remote Desktop is installing my
local printers and changing the keyboard lay-out to my settings without I my

I have a computer at my home and vacation home.  They are connected
through remote desktop.  Both running xp pro.  Problem is when one of
the comptuers hangs at either location, I can't reboot because I can't
get into the comptuer.  Is there software or hardware that would allow

When I log on remotely, it seems that not all the programs are working.
For example - The AntiVirus software does not starts. If I use the PC
itself, not remotely - all the programs are working fine.

Are support engineers are allowed to take over the users screen with Remote
Assistance and have full control.
However now the user first has to click yes to allow them remote view and
then they have to click yes to allow full Control.

I have a laptop with offline folders coming from 2 servers, say a few
thousands files.
When opening a windows session, immediately after the login, it takes a
couple minutes to get the notebook responsive to user input, due to enormous

My computer locked up completely on shutdown, so I turned it off using the
power button on the back of the cpu.  I don't know what caused the lockup, I
hadn't done anything unusual.
Then when I turned it back on, it cycles through the bootup sequence, no

I'm looking in using either using Remote Assitance and/or Desktop in a help
desk support environment.  For example, if a user calls in asking for
assistance with a application, or if we are in need of troubleshooting the
machine, we would like to initate a remote assistance ...