How can I connect using remote desktop to someone that has XP Home if I have XP Pro?

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I have to disagree. The Home user needs to initiate the request:

Choose START - HELP & SUPPORT - INVITE A FRIEND TO CONNECT TO YOUR COMPUTER WITH REMOTE ASSISTANCE

Posted by: Betty at June 11, 2004 6:02 AM

Does this remote assistance work on Win 98SE?

I have 98 at work and xp home ...at home...That would be a VERY handy feature if it works on 98...
Is it possible?

Posted by: pati at June 11, 2004 2:37 PM

Remote assistance is a little different, and unfortunately, no, it doesn't work attempting to access a Win98 computer remotely. I'm not sure about Win98 accessing a WinXP computer, though.

Posted by: Leo at June 12, 2004 4:26 PM

Dear sir

I have win98 15 sytems each located in different place can i access each machine desktop remotely

is this possible in win98 please help me

Thank you
Riyaz

Posted by: riyaz at July 13, 2004 12:29 AM

Sure, but the support is not built in to WIndows 98. You'll have to get a packages such as pcAnywhere, LapLink or others.

Posted by: Leo at July 13, 2004 8:57 AM

VNC ( http://www.realvnc.com/ ) is a free remote desktop. It is slow but you can connect to the server with a web browser or its client.

Posted by: Bill at July 17, 2004 10:21 PM

I am trying to attach to another PC(server), using PCanywhere 11.0.1. I am running Windows XP Home Edition. I get the following message 'Unable to attach to specified device' I have the correct IP address of the PC, but can't seem to connect to it. Should I be able to connect using XP Home?

Posted by: Shawn Wyder at October 8, 2004 6:27 AM

in win98 2000 hell i think xp for that matter all you ghave to do is use the remote help feature in netmeeting you will have to know the ip and port fro both computers since the irectory feature is gone but iave used on win2000 and win 98 machines

Posted by: d.c. at October 12, 2004 10:27 AM

The remote desktop feature is free from microsoft website. It supports 98 throught to XP pro. Or you can use the older Terminal server

Posted by: Leeroy at November 29, 2004 2:15 PM

Unfortunetly, Netmeeting won't install on XP.

I used to work at MS on Netmeeting, and consider this totally stupid; before upgrading one machine to XP everything worked fine, afterwards, I can't get my work done without running around.

Posted by: John Muller at March 5, 2005 2:48 AM

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