Configue my system to access another computer on the inter..

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If the PC your trying to access/control is running XP Home then you can *NOT* use Remote Desktop.
You might look at UltraVNC, with its encryption plug-in, as an alternative. I use UltraVNC, over my
home LAN, to access/control my wife's XP Home PC. Get the software from...

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

If the XP Home PC is behind a firewall/NAT/router then you need to forward/open TCP Port 5900...Call
using the public IP of the firewall/NAT/router.

http://www.realvnc.com/faq.html#firewall

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"Moguj" <Moguj@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:769D2C29-03FD-457C-A459-28D0980A7C76@microsoft.com...
>I want to be able to access another home computer from my home computer via
> the internet. I have Windows XP Professional and the other computer has
> Windows XP Home version. This would allow me to maintain the other system
> without me needing to go to it. Can this be done?