Is there a way to remotely connect to my Home computer from another family
members computer? That is without someone here to authorize it. I am going
on a trip and want to be able to access my computer remotely with the use of
a password. Is this possible? Thank you and help offered is greatly
appreciated.

Yes, if you have XP Pro, you can use RDC over VPN; if you have windows 2000, you can use VNC over VPN. If you don't want to setup VPN, you can use RDC or VNC.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Adam" <Adam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4FE366D7-1A9C-49E9-9160-F72BAACBB307@microsoft.com...
Is there a way to remotely connect to my Home computer from another family
members computer? That is without someone here to authorize it. I am going
on a trip and want to be able to access my computer remotely with the use of
a password. Is this possible? Thank you and help offered is greatly
appreciated.

If the home PC is running XP Pro then you can use Remote Desktop...

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

If the home PC is running XP Home then look at using UltraVNC with its
encryption plug-in...

http://www.ultravnc.com/

In both cases you can also run Remote Desktop or UltraVNC through a VPN or
Secure Shell (SSH) tunnel for added security.

Here is how I use SSH and Remote Desktop.

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.or...esktopSSH.html
http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.or...publicKey.html

Doing the same thing with UltraVNC...

http://www.broadbandreports.com/faq/11544

Other free VPN programs...

http://openvpn.net/
http://3sp.com/showSslExplorer.do

http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networ...vpn_server.htm
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_vpn.htm

More information...

http://www.broadbandreports.com/faq/vnc

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"Adam" <Adam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to remotely connect to my Home computer from another family
> members computer? That is without someone here to authorize it. I am
> going
> on a trip and want to be able to access my computer remotely with the use
> of
> a password. Is this possible? Thank you and help offered is greatly
> appreciated.