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

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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.

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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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Article C2016 - June 10, 2004

Leo Leo A. Notenboom has been playing with computers since he was required to take a programming class in 1976. An 18 year career as a programmer at Microsoft soon followed. After "retiring" in 2001, Leo started Ask Leo! in 2003 as a place for answers to common computer and technical questions. More about Leo.

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Sorry, I forgot the link!
http://www.geekport.com/2007/08/15/enabling-remote-desktop-in-xp-home/

Posted by: IPC at March 3, 2008 5:02 PM

How can I connect remote to someone that has XP Home if I have a MAc running Leopard?

Posted by: Dan at April 7, 2008 5:10 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

Posted by: TheDude at April 10, 2008 3:43 PM

TeamViewer - very good.

Posted by: Y at September 14, 2008 5:05 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.

Posted by: Jamie at October 3, 2011 7:22 AM
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