Hey guys, I have a quick question. I am running XP Home on my house computer(host), and XP Pro at my work(client), and I was just wondering if there was any way that I could connect to the host computer through my client computer. Microsoft says that you can't connect to a remote comptuer unless you have XP Pro, but I know that just about everything that MS does, there is a way around it, and I was just wondering if you guys had any idea how I could connect to my XP Home machine through the built in Remote Desktop Connection tool. Thanks for your help.

Use Remote Assistance instead. It only requires WinXP. HTH Bryan

Bryce is right use remote assistant The only problem with this is if your sitting at XP Home system you have to request that the XP system help you, There is no way of sitting on the XP Pro system and just connecting,without moving,other options are software available form the internet that does it!Netop is one I think

RealVNC works on any Windows. What you have heard is correct as far as I know, you can only connect to a machine running XP Pro. You can be sitting at a XP Home machine but the remote has to be Pro. The other problem you have it forwarding a port through your router if you have one at home. Also a firewall if you have one. I'm guessing that work will not let you install programs on your work computer, if that is right you might want to upgrade to pro at home.

You could try www.logmein.com

You can use RD from a number of lower OS's and even linux to a Pro machine. See the MS web pages.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/getstarted/remoteintro.mspx To use Remote Desktop, you need the following: • Windows XP Professional installed on your office computer, or whichever computer you plan to operate remotely. This computer is known as the host. • A remote computer running Windows 95 or a more recent version of Windows. This computer is known as the client and it must have the Remote Desktop Connection client software installed. • A connection to the Internet. A broadband Internet connection improves performance, but it is not necessary because Remote Desktop transfers only the minimal data (such as display data and keyboard data) to remotely control your host computer. Therefore, even low–bandwidth Internet connections allow you to remotely control your office computer.