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Old October 20th 06, 03:57 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
***** charles
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Hi all,

With XP Home on my computer at work, how
difficult is it to log into it from home, it is behind
a WRT54G and runs Zone Alarm Suite?

How do I even "find" my computer from home?

thanks,
charles.....


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Old October 20th 06, 04:19 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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The receiving PC can use Remote Assistance.
Click on StartHelp and Support to set this up.
Both PCs must be on.
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"***** charles" wrote:

Hi all,

With XP Home on my computer at work, how
difficult is it to log into it from home, it is behind
a WRT54G and runs Zone Alarm Suite?

How do I even "find" my computer from home?

thanks,
charles.....



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Old October 20th 06, 05:03 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Pop`
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***** charles wrote:
Hi all,

With XP Home on my computer at work, how
difficult is it to log into it from home, it is behind
a WRT54G and runs Zone Alarm Suite?

How do I even "find" my computer from home?

thanks,
charles.....


Unless your work computer is on a direct dialup or dsl connection at work,
it's very likely you cannot do so; any IT department worth their money will
have it locked down to entering the network there.
Best thing to do is check with them; they'll be able to give you all the
details you need if it's an allowable thing to do. Just remember; if you
can get in, so can anyone else if they try hard enough.

HTH
Pop`


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Old October 20th 06, 06:41 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
ducky
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On Oct 20, 8:57 am, "***** charles" wrote:
Hi all,

With XP Home on my computer at work, how
difficult is it to log into it from home, it is behind
a WRT54G and runs Zone Alarm Suite?

How do I even "find" my computer from home?

thanks,
charles.....


You should consider using VPN and file sharing

AR

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Old October 20th 06, 06:44 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
ducky
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On Oct 20, 9:19 am, Byte wrote:
The receiving PC can use Remote Assistance.
Click on StartHelp and Support to set this up.
Both PCs must be on.


I thought that XP Pro could remote assist XP Home, but not the inverse.
Am i mistaken? Can anybody clarify?

AR

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Old October 20th 06, 07:11 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
***** charles
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"ducky" wrote in message
oups.com...

On Oct 20, 9:19 am, Byte wrote:
The receiving PC can use Remote Assistance.
Click on StartHelp and Support to set this up.
Both PCs must be on.


I thought that XP Pro could remote assist XP Home, but not the inverse.
Am i mistaken? Can anybody clarify?


Both machines in question are XP Home machines.

later.....


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Old October 20th 06, 07:14 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
***** charles
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Default Logging in from the Internet into my computer at work?

"Pop`" wrote in message
...
***** charles wrote:
Hi all,

With XP Home on my computer at work, how
difficult is it to log into it from home, it is behind
a WRT54G and runs Zone Alarm Suite?

How do I even "find" my computer from home?

thanks,
charles.....


Unless your work computer is on a direct dialup or dsl connection at work,
it's very likely you cannot do so; any IT department worth their money

will
have it locked down to entering the network there.
Best thing to do is check with them; they'll be able to give you all

the
details you need if it's an allowable thing to do. Just remember; if you
can get in, so can anyone else if they try hard enough.


I set the work environment up myself so any changes I can do. It happens
to be a dsl link to the outside world. I would like to be able to sit at
home
and it be like I was sitting at my computer at work.

thanks....



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Old October 21st 06, 12:16 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Pop`
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Default Logging in from the Internet into my computer at work?

***** charles wrote:
"Pop`" wrote in message
...
***** charles wrote:
Hi all,

With XP Home on my computer at work, how
difficult is it to log into it from home, it is behind
a WRT54G and runs Zone Alarm Suite?

How do I even "find" my computer from home?

thanks,
charles.....


Unless your work computer is on a direct dialup or dsl connection at
work, it's very likely you cannot do so; any IT department worth
their money will have it locked down to entering the network there.
Best thing to do is check with them; they'll be able to give you
all the details you need if it's an allowable thing to do. Just
remember; if you can get in, so can anyone else if they try hard
enough.


I set the work environment up myself so any changes I can do. It
happens to be a dsl link to the outside world. I would like to be
able to sit at home
and it be like I was sitting at my computer at work.

thanks....


Look into UltraVNC at
http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/

It'll work well with a dsl line. You can sit at home and run all the progs
on the other machine and vice versa without worrying about share settings
etc.. File transfers, copy/paste between machines, the whole thing. Very
useful and a lot simpler than networking. You'll need to get the IPs for
the machines and routers. ping and whatismyisp.com will help there. Less
secure than doing it the right way via the routers though; keep antivirus
and spyware up to date and firewalls running. Only allow your own IPA's in.

Pop`


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Old October 21st 06, 02:33 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Rick Rogers
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Hi,

It'd work both ways.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"ducky" wrote in message
oups.com...


On Oct 20, 9:19 am, Byte wrote:
The receiving PC can use Remote Assistance.
Click on StartHelp and Support to set this up.
Both PCs must be on.


I thought that XP Pro could remote assist XP Home, but not the inverse.
Am i mistaken? Can anybody clarify?

AR


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Old October 21st 06, 04:10 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
***** charles
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Posts: 52
Default Logging in from the Internet into my computer at work?

"Pop`" wrote in message
...
***** charles wrote:
"Pop`" wrote in message
...
***** charles wrote:
Hi all,

With XP Home on my computer at work, how
difficult is it to log into it from home, it is behind
a WRT54G and runs Zone Alarm Suite?

How do I even "find" my computer from home?

thanks,
charles.....

Unless your work computer is on a direct dialup or dsl connection at
work, it's very likely you cannot do so; any IT department worth
their money will have it locked down to entering the network there.
Best thing to do is check with them; they'll be able to give you
all the details you need if it's an allowable thing to do. Just
remember; if you can get in, so can anyone else if they try hard
enough.


I set the work environment up myself so any changes I can do. It
happens to be a dsl link to the outside world. I would like to be
able to sit at home
and it be like I was sitting at my computer at work.

thanks....


Look into UltraVNC at
http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/

It'll work well with a dsl line. You can sit at home and run all the

progs
on the other machine and vice versa without worrying about share settings
etc.. File transfers, copy/paste between machines, the whole thing. Very
useful and a lot simpler than networking. You'll need to get the IPs for
the machines and routers. ping and whatismyisp.com will help there. Less
secure than doing it the right way via the routers though; keep antivirus
and spyware up to date and firewalls running. Only allow your own IPA's

in.

Pop`


Looks good, will try, thanks.....


 




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