Can I connect remotely?

marr02 said:
XP PRO and XP Home
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XP home does not have remote desktop connection built into it, you will have to use third party software.

This is just a prime example of how MS feature limits their OSes between versions.

Google search VNC software and you will find a third party program which can allow you to remote control all different types of windows machines.

Is this over a WAN or are they on the same subnet? If there is routing involved you will need to do some network setup on the network end to make it all work.
 
Bodaggit23 said:
That's all you need is a computer name? No IP?
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This only works if they are in the same workgroup and subnet. The workgroup part may no longer be the case, but same subnet for sure. Unless you have DNS setup and you can resolve names over the Internet.

This also only applies if you are running the Microsoft Networking Client, since it does not like to have two computers with the same name, as with any other OS out there you can have duplicate computer names on the same network.

So, yes, you can use the \\computername if the environment will allow for it.
 
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