Remote desktop connection between Windows XP Professional ..

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See this page for help with Remote Desktop...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps. [...] twork.html

You can not browse for RD hosts in a work group environment.

If you want to remotely access the Windows 95 machine from the XP machine
look at using UltraVNC as an alternative...

http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/

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"Ed" <Ed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:94BEFF5B-3790-4768-8D28-C5909DDF6F56@microsoft.com...
> When I try to connect remotely either way I get the message "the specified
> remote computer can not be found". Both computers are connected to a SMC
> 7004VBR router. I am using a DSL connection. I am trying to remotely
> connect
> with a Windows 95 4.00.9950 B. IE 4.04.71.1712.6 from a Windows XP
> Professional machine with SP 2. I can ping both from either direction ok.
> In
> the Remote Desktop Connection window when I hit the arrow to browse for
> more
> computers, only my workgroup comes up on both computers. When I click on
> the
> workgroup this message comes up "
> the MSHOME workgroup does not contain any Terminal Servers".
> Any help would be appreciated. Please identify your source if possible.
> --
> Ed