In a LAN using internet through a router, I connect to a friend over the
same lan, to give him support, via Messenger remote assistance service and
works great!!!, both connected to the internet., but when i'm trying to
connect from another pc outside the lan, i.e., my laptop pc ...

Is using remote destop connection pretty secure?  I mean in the sense if I
use it from work to access other computers such as at home, other than the
IP address - can any of the session be captured?

Should I make my home PC with XP Pro installed part of a domain to be-able to
connect to my work network (Server 2003). Should I lock-on "To This Computer"
or lock on to the Domain on home PC when I whant to connect to the work
network with (RDC).

Remote Desktop does not work, because Port 3389 is not open.
Following
http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/RemoteDesktopSetupandTrouble
shooting.html
I checked : Remote Desktop is enabled, the right Remote Users are selected

Is there any way to offer remote assistance using alternate credentials.  My
problem is, our help desk is in a different domain than the users PCs. So
whenever I try to offer remote assistance, it says Permission denied.  
Although When I join the helpdesk PC to the same domain, ...

I'm trying to set up a user to have access to the Terminal Services
Manager feature: "REMOTE CONTROL".
I'm basically needing a member of the accounts department to REMOTE
CONTROL other terminal users to supply them with a password in a

i use remotedesktop to connect to a windows xp prof. german incl. SP2.
After a while, the winlogon crashes with the window 'winlogon.exe - Fehler
in Anwendung'.
I tried uninstall/repair and re-install SP2 but nothing helped.

I would like to connect to my fathers PC but I have a big issue.
He's not PC Literate and gets very confused when I try to talk him through
connecting via RDC. We both have XP Home and Broadband.
My questions are;

The computer that needs assistance is in MI and I'm in AZ.  MI has  XP home
(dell)/with comcast dsl, and I have XP home with Qwest dsl. (HP). MI has O%
knowledge of computers, AZ (a little bit more). MI router unk,AZ has router.
I woud like to take control of her computer and she ...

Does Windows XP Media Center include the Remote Desktop capability that is
part of Windows XP Pro?

Pardon the location of this post, I could not find a Mobile Edition section
and though this is ultimately an Exchange connection, the problem is likely
VPN-centered.  Also, please pardon the length of this message, it is written
after a cumulative 8 hours on the phone with cases ...

I want to clear the IPaddress / Host name typed in the client
computers. i mean when i connect to the remote computer it will
automatically clear the IP address i typed. i mean when i connect next
time to remote computer I need to type the IP address. i dont want

Is it possible to use remote desktop to connect to 2 different PC's behind an
ADSL router with a dynamic IP address from an ISP. I think the answer is no,
but am just checking. I can set port forwarding on the router to 1 of the
PC's but if I have 2, how will the port rule know ...

I'm trying to remote desktop FROM my work computer to my HOME computer which
used to work.
I can ping my home computer.
I can telnet to my home computer on port 80 where I am running a web server

I am setting up a laptop to use offline files on a users my docs folder. the
user is a roaming profile account, i am redirecting the my docs folder to a
unique share with caching enabled, as i know the profile itself won't support
offline files. instead the profile is configured ...