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Remote Control of 1 pc by another

  • 05-01-2009 12:36pm
    #1
    auerillo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 341 ✭✭


    Does anyone know how I can control my desktop pc from my laptop using remote assistance? My desktop is XP professional and my laptop is Vista?

    I found this link to explain http://www.microsoft.com/windowsXp/using/mobility/getstarted/Remoteintro.mspx but it doesn't seem to work and i wondered if that was because Vista and XP Professional are not compatible.

    Any ideas gratefully received!


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  • #2
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,763 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    auerillo wrote: »
    Does anyone know how I can control my desktop pc from my laptop using remote assistance? My desktop is XP professional and my laptop is Vista?

    I found this link to explain http://www.microsoft.com/windowsXp/using/mobility/getstarted/Remoteintro.mspx but it doesn't seem to work and i wondered if that was because Vista and XP Professional are not compatible.

    Any ideas gratefully received!

    Why remote assistance? Just use a plain remote desktop connection.


  • #3
    TouchingVirus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,584 ✭✭✭TouchingVirus


    Both Windows XP and Vista use the RDP protocol, so it should work fine. Follow the tutorials :)


  • #4
    witnessmenow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,264 ✭✭✭witnessmenow


    You could use logmein.com, works grand for what i use it for anyways


  • #5
    MunsterCycling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,864 ✭✭✭MunsterCycling


    VNC ftw


  • #6
    conti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 296 ✭✭conti


    agreed, VNC all the way. I use REAL VNC all the time, works perfect.


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  • #7
    MunsterCycling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,864 ✭✭✭MunsterCycling


    used to use real but switched over to tight over the last few months, more options


  • #8
    dazzerb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 156 ✭✭dazzerb


    To use RDP (remote desktop / mstsc) you need to make sure that it is enabled on the box you want to connect to. Just right click "My Computer", click "Remote" tab and click "Allow users to connect remotely to this computer"

    Word of warning you can only do this if you local user has a password (ways around this too if you need instructions).


  • #9
    Burgo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,815 ✭✭✭Burgo


    MunsterCycling wrote: »
    used to use real but switched over to tight over the last few months, more options

    I went the other way, from tight to real,tight does have more options,but I found it to be a lot slower to use.


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