remote desktop

[dave]

i am runnung win xp home with broadband and would like to
be able to allow my wife to access her files from her
college computer across the internet i have tried for
about two days to get my computer to allow incoming
connections but to no avail could any one help me please

[Sooner Al]

XP Home can *NOT* act as a Remote Desktop host...

To access your home XP Home Edition box, your best bet may be either NetMeeting Remote Desktop
Sharing (RDS) or VNC.

You can get the VNC software from http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/ , http://www.realvnc.com or
http://www.tightvnc.com

Note that the VNC data stream is *NOT* encrypted like the RDS data stream is. Over the public
internet that is a potential security risk. Some folks run VNC through VPN or SSH tunnels.

NetMeeting is built-in to XP and 2000 and can *NOT* be upgraded. Look at this KB article for help
with RDS...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;233175

Your other option is a VPN link, if you simply need to be able to access and transfer files...

VPN...

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/conn_vpn.asp
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_vpn_server.htm
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_vpn.htm

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Al

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"dave" > wrote in message ...
> i am runnung win xp home with broadband and would like to
> be able to allow my wife to access her files from her
> college computer across the internet i have tried for
> about two days to get my computer to allow incoming
> connections but to no avail could any one help me please


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