How to setup Remote Desktop Connection on XP Home?

Question

When I updated to Service Pack 3, I saw Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) was available. But when I went to System Properties and under the Remote Tab, there isn't an option to "Allow users to connect remotely to this computer". Any ideas? Thanks

Answer 1

you probably only have the client software. You can connect to a windows server, but they can't connect to you.

Try VNC... http://www.realvnc.com/

Answer 2

You cannot connect to a machine remotly that is running windows Home, you must have Pro.

What you can do with Home is connect to a Pro machine remotly.

Answer 3

Windows XP Home users can't connect host a remote desktop connection but can connect to one. On the other hand windows xp professional users can host a remote desktop connection.

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