Remote Desktop Access - fail to connect to remote usb card..

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AFAIK, USB devices other than printers are not supported by Remote Desktop...

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"T. C. Lee" <T. C. Lee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I connected successfully to remote PC located at the same network using my
> laptop. It seemed to have given me full control on the remote PC untill I
> tried to access the USB smart card reader connected to remote PC. It failed
> to detect the USB card reader at remote PC.
>
> Can any body kindly let me know how to make a succeffully connection to USB
> card reader at remote Pc? Do I need to do any setting further?
>
> Note:
> The usb card reader was working perfectly if I accessed it directly at the
> remote PC. I tried to use PCAnywhere to access the USB card reader at remote
> PC and it worked fine.
>