Re: Remote Deskotop

Hi,

You are correct, the WinXP Home system cannot be the host, only a client.
There are plenty of free VPN programs that can do this for you though (I
have no specific recommendations).

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Carol" <Carol@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:93226243-2883-4422-B899-F2F2FCF09B1C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I just purchased a pc pre-installed wtih Windows XP Home Edition (SP2).
> I want to access this machine from a pc off location. The second pc has
> Windows XP Pro installed. Am I to understand that the XP Pro pc cannot
> access the XP Home Edition pc? The XP Home edition pc has Remote
> Assitance
> installed - but not Remote Desktop.
>
> Can anyone please suggest how I would be able to access the XP Home pc
> FROM
> THE XP PRO PC? (XP Pro would be the client, XP Home would be HOST)
>
> Thank you!
>


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