2000 to XP Pro

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Can you remote in to a XP Pro machine from a 2000 machine?

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WiZEGUY wrote:
> Can you remote in to a XP Pro machine from a 2000 machine?

You can install the Remote Desktop Client onto any Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000
machine and use it to connect to any Windows XP Professional (or superset
of) machine that is properly configured.

A quick search of the Microsoft web page brought this up:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] entdl.mspx

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.work_remotely (More info?)

WiZEGUY wrote:
> Can you remote in to a XP Pro machine from a 2000 machine?

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> You can install the Remote Desktop Client onto any Windows
> 95/98/ME/NT/2000 machine and use it to connect to any Windows XP
> Professional (or superset of) machine that is properly configured.
>
> A quick search of the Microsoft web page brought this up:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] entdl.mspx

Bob wrote:
> How about the other way around. I want to remote access a Win 2k
> machine from a Win XP Pro machine. Should I install the same program
> on the Win 2k machine?

The application suggested is the client - or application used to remotely
control another machine that has the host application installed. The host
application comes with (in this case) Windows 2000 SERVER versions, Windows
XP Professional and Windows 2003 SERVER versions.

The client, by default, comes with Windows XP (all versions) and Windows
2003 SERVER versions. There is no need to download and install the client
on these versions of windows as it is already there (unless you just want or
need an updated version.)

There is no way to install the Windows Remote Desktop HOST on other versions
of the Operating Systems. If you want to remote control (for example) a
Windows 2000 Workstation, you will need to install a third party application
like UltraVNC and use its client on the other end to connect to it.

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getting into before you jump in with both feet.