I got a couple of XP machines, one XP Pro, and the other Home. I am
attempting to remote control the Pro machine through the Home machine.
I've gotten this setup to work before, but for no apparent reason it has
stopped working. I can't think anything specific that would've ...

I appreciate the help so far.
I have another delima that I am not sure how to get around. I am trying to
remote to a computer through the Internet. The host is a client on a business
network and behind a Sonicwall device. the client is at a residence and

We have setup an xp pro machine at a customers which has digital cctv
installed onto it, we have setup remote access so the customer can log in
from home etc and view recordings without having to go into their office.
This has been working fine until last week.

I am needing help setting up a connection from the office to my bosses home
computer. The host and client both run XP Pro. He wants to connect from the
office, where our server is running 2003 SBS R2 and we have a firewall. On
his end, he uses a Linksys access point and is ...

I cannot VPN into a remote computer using the DNS name but can do so
using the computer's IP address. Help!!!!!

Do you have to have a moniter on the target computer to get a display on the
remote computer?

I have a PC running Windows XP SP 3 and when I try to use the remote desktop
connection I receive the fallowing message:
"The pre-release version of Remote Desktop Connection has expired. To
download the full version of Remote Desktop Connection, go to Windows Update

Folks,
I would like to be able to dynamically update the remote desktop
firewall scope for the custom IP address list.
Is this information in the registry?

Whenever I finish remote desktop, it leaves the host display either locked or
back at the Welcome to Windows login.  I'm using RDP to load a new powerpoint
presentation and want to be able to start it while remote connected, and
break the connection with the presentation running ...

I have an XP Pro pc sp3, recently infected, cleaned with combofix, along with
the help of several Sysinternals utilities.
McAfee & Symantec have both been unistalled. AVG Pro has been installed
without the firewall component.  Windows firewall is turned off.

i'm getting the 'could not resolve DNS on remote computer' (close verbage). i
am trying to test sending and receiving a remote assistance request within
the pc's in my home.
here's my setup...

I tried using the viewer on OSC accessing a Windows machine; but the
file transfer won't work.  I then tried it from an XP machine to an
other XP machine.
On the XP machine I hit the transfer files to server button, select a

i am experiencing this problem for more than 4 years now... everytime if i
connect to my friend over the internet by "remote desktop help" the
connection is not stable!
mostly the connection quits automatically after a few seconds, sometimes it

For example if a computer running WIN XP OS is shutdown how can i start it up
remotely.
Thank in Advance

We currently use "Offer  Assistance"  within our Domain.  My questions today
is ... Is it possible to remote without having the user accept?   --- We
often try to complete work requests while staff is at lunch or break - if we
do not catch them before they leave, we are unable to ...