Remote Access to a Windows 2000 Desktop machine

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Hi,

Trac Taylor wrote:
> I cannot find much documentation on setting this up
> Is this even possible to allow a Windows2000 desktop
> to be a host? Is so, can someone give me a link
> on to what drivers or programs I need to install?

Assuming you are referring to Remote Desktop and have...

a) Windows 2000 Professional: No.

b) Windows 2000 Server: Yes. Add the Terminal Services component.

If the answer applicable to you was "no", you may wish to consider some
third party software. The popular expensive choice is Symantec's "PC
Anywhere" and the popular free choice is VNC:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VNC


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Chris Priede (priede@panix.com)

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Thanks to both of you. I currently use VNC. But I was hoping for a standard
way to access the machines I need to. I have access to our servers through
Remote Desktop, and I was just hoping to do it the same way on our "Build"
machine..

Again, Thanks

Trac

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> Trac Taylor wrote:
> > I cannot find much documentation on setting this up
> > Is this even possible to allow a Windows2000 desktop
> > to be a host? Is so, can someone give me a link
> > on to what drivers or programs I need to install?
>
> Chris Priede wrote:
> > Assuming you are referring to Remote Desktop and have...
> >
> > a) Windows 2000 Professional: No.
> >
> > b) Windows 2000 Server: Yes. Add the Terminal Services component.
> >
> > If the answer applicable to you was "no", you may wish to consider
> > some third party software. The popular expensive choice is
> > Symantec's "PC Anywhere" and the popular free choice is VNC:
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VNC
>
> UltraVNC is likely the best choice:
> http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
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