vista home remote desktop to XP Pro and Server 2003
I am debating between vista Home and Vista Business and the only feature that Business seems to have is complete ability for remote desktoping. From home, I need to remote desktop to XP Pro and Server 2003 at work. Will Vista home do it? Or are there some other workarounds?
January 14th, 2009 9:51pm

I use Vista Home Premium to RDP into servers at work via a Watchguard VPN and have no issues. What I understand is that none of the Home flavours of Vista support logging onto a Domain, however using RDP successfully does not require the actual PC to authenticate onto the domain, so it works fine (in my case).Chris
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January 15th, 2009 1:09pm

Hi, It is possible to connect to the Windows XP Pro and Server 2003 at work from your computer. However, if the computers at work are in domain, you need to connect to the domain via VPN first. To be a authenticated user of the VPN server in the domain, please contact the domain administrator. If the computers are not in domain, you need to know the public ID of the network at your office. You also need to make a port mapping for port 3389 in the router in your office. The following websites can be referred. http://www.jakeludington.com/ask_jake/20051122_how_to_use_remote_desktop_connection_rdc.html http://helpdeskgeek.com/networking/configure-router-for-remote-desktop/ Important Note: Microsoft provides third-party contact information to help you find technical support. This contact information may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this third-party contact information. Hope it helps.Arthur Xie - MSFT
January 16th, 2009 4:36am

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