Trouble setting up Remote Desktop Access

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From: Johan (n.haughton_at_bbfs.co.uk)
Date: 05/14/04 

Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 03:36:41 -0700

Hi

I'm trying to connect my laptop (running XP Pro on
broadband) to my home PC (running XP Pro on broadband). Am
new to networking, so Remote Desktop seems so hard !

How do I know my remote computer's "Computer Name" when
connecting? I'll connect via internet (too far for LAN)
so what does "host name" mean? On broadband, I don't have
a static IP address so assume that bit to be irelevant.

Thanks a lot.

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