remote desktop connection with XP home

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Hey,
Do you know how i can make my XP home edition accacibel for remote desktop connection ?
I like to work on my pc from anywhere in the world ... or is this a feature what works only in XP pro ?
Thanks for your replay,
Bram

 

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XP Home can only act as a Remote Desktop client, not a host. So your choice is to upgrade to XP Pro
or use another alternative. One free alternative is UltraVNC used with its encryption plug-in. Get
the server, client and encryption plug-in from...

http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/
http://home.comcast.net/%7Emsrc4plugin/

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"Bram" <Bram@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news7EF601C-D0A7-4307-97B7-7BA2372E2C1F@microsoft.com...
> Hey,
> Do you know how i can make my XP home edition accacibel for remote desktop connection ?
> I like to work on my pc from anywhere in the world ... or is this a feature what works only in XP
> pro ?
> Thanks for your replay,
> Bram


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