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Remote Desktop Won't See PC Name
Name: themus Date: November 18, 2006 at 08:12:54 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: 1 Gig Product: Asus
Comment:
I can remote into a home LAN pc with the IP number of the computer. This is within my home pc to another home pc. But Remote Desktop will not open a session if I use the computer name of the computer and if I browse for the PC, it will not see some pc's on the LAN or open them either by name.
Only if I use the IP number will it work.
I have 5 pc's on my LAN, all Windows XP.
Sounds like a DNS problem, but not sure how to resolve it.
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