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Unfortunately you cannot connect to someone via Remote Desktop with XP Home if you have XP Pro. But there are other products that you can use instead.
How can I connect using remote desktop to someone that has XP Home if I have XP Pro?
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The short answer is you can't. The remote system needs to be running the Remote Desktop Service (also known as Terminal Services), and XP Home doesn't have that. You'll need to use something like pcAnywhere, GoToMyPC or similar products.
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March 3, 2008 5:02 PM
Sorry, I forgot the link!
http://www.geekport.com/2007/08/15/enabling-remote-desktop-in-xp-home/
April 7, 2008 5:10 PM
How can I connect remote to someone that has XP Home if I have a MAc running Leopard?
April 10, 2008 3:43 PM
Brief Description
Remote Desktop Connection Client 1.0.3 for Mac allows you to connect to a Windows-based computer and work with programs and files on that computer from your Macintosh computer.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=6573f9f1-8ae1-4da9-ab5c-f8457ecdaf2d
September 14, 2008 5:05 AM
TeamViewer - very good.
October 3, 2011 7:22 AM
Yes you are right. I used ScreenConnect to connect to my parents computer and fix it. They were running a old version of Vista and I had Windows 7.