"heather" <heather@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, can I RDP from my Vista machine to an XP machine (and use the XP OS
> and
> software on the other machine)? Most of my software doesnt work on Vista.
>
> Or can I do it with an Ubuntu machine?
>
> All on same network.
To add to Bob's comments, if the home PC is running XP Pro then make sure
the Vista RDP client is configured like this...
http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.or...ntSettings.jpg
Here is a UNIX RDP client that may work for you...
http://www.rdesktop.org/
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