Hello to all,

Can you use remote desktop with the home edition of Windows XP?

Second question:

If so... can you use the Home edition from home with remote desktop, and log
onto it while using the professional edition at work?
thanks

You can't use XP Home as remote desktop host. You can use the XP Home or any Windows OS to access a XP Pro using remote desktop.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
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"Urokira" <Urokira@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F4D59594-698F-49C7-9B0F-DBE2272A26E5@microsoft.com...
Hello to all,

Can you use remote desktop with the home edition of Windows XP?

Second question:

If so... can you use the Home edition from home with remote desktop, and log
onto it while using the professional edition at work?
thanks

My understanding is that it will work on Windows 95, 98, NT4.0, 2000 or any
version of XP.

You can be on any of the above and connect to any of the others, as long as
Remote Desktop is installed on all computers connecting to and\or from.
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"Urokira" wrote:

> Hello to all,
>
> Can you use remote desktop with the home edition of Windows XP?
>
> Second question:
>
> If so... can you use the Home edition from home with remote desktop, and log
> onto it while using the professional edition at work?
> thanks

Urokira wrote:
> Hello to all,
>
> Can you use remote desktop with the home edition of Windows XP?

No.
UltraVNC works fine though.

> If so... can you use the Home edition from home with remote desktop,
> and log onto it while using the professional edition at work?

The answer to question one sort of negates question two. Unless you mean:
Can I be at home and remote into my work computer - which is Windows XP
Professional?
Then the answer is yes.. You can remote from home to work given that the
ports are open through any corporate firewall and personal firewall on the
machine, the Remote Desktop feature is enabled and your user is allowed to
use it (and has a password, etc) and any routers between the work machine
and the actual internet are configured to route such requests properly (if
the IP you have at work is not an external IP.)

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"soccerdad" <soccerdad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0D3A3693-6E56-4CBC-A850-3C6140CCBDB0@microsoft.com...
> My understanding is that it will work on Windows 95, 98, NT4.0, 2000 or
> any
> version of XP.
>
> You can be on any of the above and connect to any of the others, as long
> as
> Remote Desktop is installed on all computers connecting to and\or from.

Ahh, no, you can remote *from* any of the above but only *to* an XP Pro
machine.

There are tricks to get XP home to do things it normally can't, but I don't
know them.

As for the earlier Windows, you probably want to look at PcAnywhere or
GoToMyPc.

Bob

I have windows xp pro on the computer home but if I try to connect from an
other computer even on my workgroup with remete access I get the following
error
remote connextions might not be enabeled or computer might be too busy ....
A far as I know I have enabeled my computer at home for incoming con.
ticking the box 'allow others to make private connection...' in the incoming
connections properties box. I also got a static IP adress from my ISP

Anybody can give me any help on this?
Thanx
"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> Urokira wrote:
> > Hello to all,
> >
> > Can you use remote desktop with the home edition of Windows XP?
>
> No.
> UltraVNC works fine though.
>
> > If so... can you use the Home edition from home with remote desktop,
> > and log onto it while using the professional edition at work?
>
> The answer to question one sort of negates question two. Unless you mean:
> Can I be at home and remote into my work computer - which is Windows XP
> Professional?
> Then the answer is yes.. You can remote from home to work given that the
> ports are open through any corporate firewall and personal firewall on the
> machine, the Remote Desktop feature is enabled and your user is allowed to
> use it (and has a password, etc) and any routers between the work machine
> and the actual internet are configured to route such requests properly (if
> the IP you have at work is not an external IP.)
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

Martin wrote:
> I have windows xp pro on the computer home but if I try to connect
> from an other computer even on my workgroup with remete access I get
> the following error
> remote connextions might not be enabeled or computer might be too
> busy .... A far as I know I have enabeled my computer at home for
> incoming con. ticking the box 'allow others to make private
> connection...' in the incoming connections properties box. I also got
> a static IP adress from my ISP
>
> Anybody can give me any help on this?

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.or...eshooting.html

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR REPLIES... YOU HAVE ALL BEEN HELPFUL

Uro....

"Urokira" wrote:

> Hello to all,
>
> Can you use remote desktop with the home edition of Windows XP?
>
> Second question:
>
> If so... can you use the Home edition from home with remote desktop, and log
> onto it while using the professional edition at work?
> thanks