Windows XP home and Windows Mobile 2003 Remote Control

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XP Home can *NOT* be a Remote Desktop host so you can *NOT* use the PocketPC built-in Terminal
Services Client to control the machine. An alternative is VNC.

Get the server software (to be installed on the XP Home box) from...

http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/

Get the PocketPC VNC client software from...

http://www.cs.utah.edu/~midgley/wince/vnc.html

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"PeTe" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:06434A0C-A305-4368-B832-AD1E9CA72FB8@microsoft.com...
> Hi All,
>
> I would like to be able to control my Windows XP home Machine with my Pocket PC. I have tried to
> connect using the terminal services client as it says you need terminal services or remote
> desktop. I have seen reomte desktop in my start menu so i assumed it would work. But it says the
> server timed out. Am i going about it the wrong way? Do i need to install any other software?
>
> Thank you in advance.