Silly question: I am looking for a good Remote Desktop Connection software that is free and will let me listen to the sounds and music on a remote computer, and connect to a computer that is away from my house. I have DSL and the remote computer that is away is dial-up. I have tried LogMeIn but that doesn't let me listen to the music on a remote computer without paying. Any ideas? William E C I AM WEC!!! "If at first you don't succeed, redefine success!" - Anonymous

EDIT: Also, I have tried Windows Remote Desktop but it was too complicated for what I need. William E C I AM WEC!!! "If at first you don't succeed, redefine success!" - Anonymous

How about netmeeting? go to run, type conf, hit enter.go through the settings you want.

I use UVNC which is free, I have it installed on over 25 pcs and can even reverse the link back to me. http://www.uvnc.com/download/ UltraVNC 1.0.2 Setup

Okay, still looking at some of these. I have tried netmeeting but that too looks a little too complicated for my needs. I have experimented with Windows Remote Desktop Connection software and it looks a little bit easier to figure out then I thought. I have one question about it though. Can you use it over the internet to access a remote computer with dial-up when you have DSL? I am looking at UVNC right now and will mess with it for a little bit. I will post how that goes! William E C I AM WEC!!! "If at first you don't succeed, redefine success!" - Anonymous

I have tried UVNC but I couldn't get it to install. I tried it on 3 different PCs and all got stuck on the Driver Install process. I left one on for about two hours and nothing happened. William E C I AM WEC!!! "If at first you don't succeed, redefine success!" - Anonymous

OK, this is a late reply, but hopefully you're still checking back. Realistically, if the remote computer is dial-up then you can't listen to music on it. MP3s need ~64Kbps+ for decent quality, and with remote desktop running dial-up just won't give you that kind of bandwidth to play with. You will be able to copy the files you want from the remote computer to your computer, but again as it's dial-up that will be painfully slow. Nevertheless, here's how to set up Windows Remote Desktop. Despite how long this post is, I assure you it is very simple to do. I'll assume you're a complete novice, so anything enclosed in *s you should google so that you understand what I'm on about. The remote PC must have Windows XP Professional, as Home Edition has this functionality disabled. As you're using dial-up and DSL, the chances are you have a *Dynamic IP address* at both ends. This is a bit of a problem, but not insurmountable. You'll need to set up *dynamic DNS* on the remote computer. Next step is *firewalls*. You'll need to open TCP port 3389 at the remote computer. How to do this will vary depending on what firewall is in place, but if it's just Windows Firewall then google will see you through. As your computer also has a dynamic IP, your firewall must open the port to any remote IP, which is not very secure, but so be it. Next up, you need to enable remote access on the remote pc. Assuming it's Windows XP Professional, right-click My Computer, hit properties and click on the Remote tab. Tick the box in the bottom half, and choose a user to allow. *Administrators* will automatically be allowed access, but I'd suggest *creating a new user in windows xp* specifically for this purpose, and not having them as an administrator. That way you can let other people use it too, without them being able to break the configuration. Make sure the user has a damn strong password, rated good or best on this site: http://www.microsoft.com/protect/yo... Right, time to start remote desktoping! On your computer, open Remote Desktop Connection. Make sure you've got all your Windows updates, as they released a new version of Remote Desktop a few months ago that is, errm, ok honestly I've no idea what the difference is, but in general it's better to use a newer version of stuff :-) Click the Options button so that we can play with all the settings. First of all do Save As and save the file onto your desktop. It's only iccle, it just tells Remote Desktop what settings to conenct with so that you don't have to faff around every time. GENERAL TAB Computer: the dynamic dns address that you set up for your remote PC, eg Remote.Eddie.dyndns.org User name: the user name of the account that you want to use on the remote PC DISPLAY TAB Remote Desktop size: I'd go with full-screen, but you can resize it as you go just like any other window Colors: Don't bother with 32-bit, you'll just make things slow. 16-bit tops, but I'd recommend 256 for a dial-up connection. LOCAL RESOURCES TAB Remote computer sound: normally I'd advise "do not play", as I said at the start dial-up connections just aren't really fast enough, but by all means try "bring to this computer" and see if it works Keyboard: In ful screen mode only Local devices and resources: I'd leave printers off, anything you want to print from that computer you should copy over to yours first. Tick clipboard though, and on the More button make sure your at least you C: drive is ticked (this will make your C: drive show up in Windows Explorer on the remote computer, but only when you're connected). PROGRAMS TAB I doubt you'd need anything here EXPERIENCE TAB I'd untick everything except bitmap caching for a dial-up link, but if you really can't stand old-skool Windows (ie it looks like Windows 95) then tick Themes Tick Reconnect if connection is dropped, too. ADVANCED TAB Leave this stuff, the default is fine. OK, now go back to the General tab, click Save, and then click Connect! Hopefully, instead of reading this you are browsing your remote computer! Good luck .Dave