Connecting laptop to desktop

From: Dennis Allen (dennis_at_dennisallen.com)
Date: 10/05/04 

Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 22:58:55 -0400

Hi. I have a question, was wondering if someone here could help. I want to remote control a laptop with a desktop computer using a
100' cat5 line. The laptop's serial and parallel ports are used, but it's USB is free. Question. Could we connect using the cat5
line? If so, how? Is the cat5 length a problem? Can XP on the desktop do a full remote control on the laptop, or do I need
something like PC Anywhere? Any advice is greatly appreciated...Dennis

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