Vista - Remote Desktop Vista Ultimate to XP Home

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.

If it is Xp Home, the answer is no. However, you may want to try VNC. This link may help,

VNCVNC stands for Virtual Network Computing. It is, in essence, a remote display system which allows you to view a computing 'desktop' environment not only on ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/vnc.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"heather" <heather@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1A1C2223-12DD-4920-848D-ECE3ABC9FEAE@microsoft.com...
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.

"heather" <heather@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1A1C2223-12DD-4920-848D-ECE3ABC9FEAE@microsoft.com...
> 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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