Re: Remote Desktop

From: Pegasus (I.can_at_fly.com)
Date: 08/05/04 

Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 09:41:39 +1000

"Joe" <Joe@home.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.08.05.22.46.05.55000@home.com...
> On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 18:21:26 +1000, Pegasus wrote:
>
> >
> > "Joe" <Joe@home.com> wrote in message
> > news:pan.2004.07.31.00.05.59.399000@home.com...
> >> On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 23:24:09 +1000, Pegasus wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> > "Obsidian Eternus" <removethis_obsidian-tyranitar@khat-fox.com> wrote
in
> >> > message news:741c01c47632$04d6b9c0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> >> >> I am unable, after 2 hours of scouring, to find the Remote
> >> >> Desktop Host software, to allow my Windows XP Pro box to
> >> >> connect to my Win2k Pro router rig. Has anyone else
> >> >> managed to find such software, if it exists?
> >> >
> >> > Remote Desktop requires either Windows XP Professional to run
> >> > on the host, or Windows Terminal Service (which is available on
> >> > Windows Servers).
> >> >
> >> > In other words, a Windows 2000 Workstation cannot act as a
> >> > host for a Remote Desktop session. You have to use some other
> >> > tool such as WinVNC or pcAnywhere.
> >>
> >> To use Windows 2000 as a Remote Desktop Session just get the remote
> >> Desktop from XP home or from XP Pro and install it to Windows 2000.
It
> >> will show up under "Start" "Programs" "Accessories" "Communications"
> >> "Remote Desktop Connections" I use it on Windows 2000 to access
> >> XP Pro at work.. Works just great! To use Windows 2000 as
> >> a Host just load the Terminal Server to Windows 2000 and it will
> >> then act as a HOST... Hope this helps...
> >>
> >
> > Sounds interesting. How exactly do you load Terminal Server on
> > a Windows 2000 Professional PC?
>
> Sorry for the incorrect wording! You don't run Terminal Services on
> Windows 2000 Professional, It has to be either Windows 2000 Server,
> Advanced Server, or Data Center Server in able to run..But, the Remote
> Desktop can be run on Windows 2000 Professional as described above after
> installation..
>

. . . which is exactly what I wrote in my first reply to the OP!
Furthermore,
Remote Desktop can be installed on any Windows PC, including Win9x.

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