I know there is an issue with watching video over a WAN using Remote
Desktop and viewers like it.  Is it possible to copy the video to the
client machine and have media player automatically open the file?  This
would all need to be done seamlessly to the user after clicking a ...

I am operating behind a wireless router with two pc's.  One of which is
Windows XP Home Edition (laptop) and the other is Windows 2003 Enterprise
Server (Desktop).  Both have Remote Desktop installed.  However, I can only
remotely connect from the laptop to the desktop.  If I try ...

I have computer with Win XP (SP2). It has <IP adress>.
Ping to this address runs ok. On this computer netstat command returns :
C:\Documents and Settings\Marek>netstat -na | findstr 3389
 TCP    0.0.0.0:3389           0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING

I'm currently wanting to make a Remote Desktop connection more secure by
implementing a VPN.
However, after setting up a VPN in Windows XP, I see that all you need to
set one up is the domain name, a username and password. I do not see how this

I have a n old computer that I setup with just hard drive for backing up my
info.. I don't keep a monitor hooked up to it. I keep switching it out with
the only one I have. I want to know if I can use remote access to view what
would be up on the screen, so I don't need to keep ...

I can connect 2 pcs remotely using VPNs under XP Pro SP2.  Say puterA and
puterB.  PuterA can ping the IP adress of puterB but not the other way
around.  Both are part of the same "workgroup" but the browsing feature
doesn't work.  I can't see the Netbios puterB on puterA and the ...

I am currently having trouble starting a remote desktop session to my PC at
work.
This is what i have done so far:
System: Windows Small Business Server: Internal IP 192.168.1.254

How secured is Remote Desktop in its default settings when both machines are
XP Pro with the latest patches? Obviously the initial handshaking when
username and password are sent is encrypted, but is subsequent data tranfer
also encrypted as well? If so how strong is the ...

I have seen conflicting information on this board about the user limit for XP
Professional Remote Desktop.  There appears to be a registry setting to allow
multiple users to connect concurrently and yet some people indicate it is one
user at a time.  Is there an application spec ...

When I connect to an XP Pro machine that allows Remote Desktop, I use one of
the local accounts on that machine (at least the ones that have permission to
use RD). The problem arises when I try to connect to a machine in that
network that is a domain. Since the account in this ...

I have much of my data stored on a desktop at home. I recently purchased a
laptop that I'd like to get e-mail to (Outlook) and have access to certain
files and other stuff like contacts, sent emails, etc.. Both computers are
running Windows XP Home Edition.

XPpro: I can ping from mainPC to others on LAN but not into main pc from
others. ( I could before). I can no longer connect from another pc on LAN to
mainPC via remote desktop either. The XPpro firewall is disabled. I think the
problem is caused by some windows update from the ...

I've connected to a Host w/the Local Resource/Devices Printers option
selected.  The printers on my Client are not available when I attempt to
print from the Host.
Any ideas?

Hej ng
can anyone tell me how i switch to another account in win xp,when I am
controlling another pc.An example:I have been asked to help my friend  with
his pc.i connect to his pc through the internet because he asked for "remote

In our office we have 3 x laptops connected by wireless networking and two
desktops connected by wired network.  Only one of the desktop computers is
able to bring the printer through into the remote desktop session.  The other
4 do not.  Why is this and how do we fix?