can you...

[paintballtwib]

My main computer is in my kitchen. I have my old POS gateway in my room with a Wireless network between it and my main computer. I was wondering if there was some way that i could (using the network) use/control my main computer in my kitchen through my gateway computer in my room. My gateway is not capable of playing a game that I want to play in my room and i cant buy a new comp.

thanks

 

[Picklee]

you can but both computers would have to have windows xp on them so you would be able to use remote access which allows you to access your main computer from any other computer no matter where you are. but by the sounds of the word "my old POS gateway" it doesn't sound like you have windows xp on it.

 

[paintballtwib]

how do I set up "remote access"

 

[Picklee]

do you have windows XP?

 

[funkymonky8u]

lol i can tell this is going to be a long thread (lol jk)

 

[paintballtwib]

I can install it on the gateway

 

[Picklee]

lol yea probably will be a long thread, you will need to install xp on the other computer. let me do some research on it, but just go ahead and load xp

 

[Picklee]

I'm not going to type out the whole think so just go here and it will help you to set it up: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/getstarted/remoteintro.mspx

 

[SFR]

very good Picklee!


While I was reading through this thread.. also thinking how long it would be I was glad to see someone post a Microsoft link. No matter what people say about Microsoft they explain EVERYTHING on their website.

 

[Praetor]

you can but both computers would have to have windows xp

They dont have to ... remote access has been around longer than WindowsXP

My gateway is not capable of playing a game that I want to play in my room and I cant buy a new comp.

Playing over the network like that -- and wireless at that -- is not gonna be worth the hassle because of the associated lag