re: Help. Does Remote Desktop Client work with Windows XP Home?

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mammothta - 25 Mar 2006 22:42 GMT

I have read the qualification on the PC side. It mentions XP
Professional, not XP Home. Has anyone had success with this program
with XP Home? All I want to do is share files between computers. helps.
thanks in advance.

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William Smith - 26 Mar 2006 20:13 GMT

> I have read the qualification on the PC side. It mentions XP
> Professional, not XP Home. Has anyone had success with this program
> with XP Home? All I want to do is share files between computers. helps.
> thanks in advance.

RDC functionality isn't available in XP Home.

If you're just wanting to share files, have you already looked into
setting up file sharing between the two? File sharing isn't really RDC's
function.

Hope this helps! bill

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mammothta - 28 Mar 2006 01:35 GMT

thanks for your help. how can i set up file sharing on the mac side?
i'm on OS X Tiger. I already have file sharing set up on my two PCs.
Can you give me directions on file sharing between Mac and XP? thanks
in advance.

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William Smith - 29 Mar 2006 04:13 GMT

> thanks for your help. how can i set up file sharing on the mac side?
> i'm on OS X Tiger. I already have file sharing set up on my two PCs.
> Can you give me directions on file sharing between Mac and XP? thanks
> in advance.

Look under Apple menu --> System Preferences... --> Sharing. You can
enable Windows file sharing there.

Use the same method you're already using between your PCs to connect to
your Mac.

If you need more control over what you're sharing, such as a second hard
disk, look into a great item called SharePoints. You can find it at
http://www.hornware.com/sharepoints/.

Hope this helps! bill

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(Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows)

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mammothta - 29 Mar 2006 05:52 GMT

Thanks Bill. when i enable this... how do i see what is on my pc? will
a icon appear on my desktop? and how will my Mac Appear on my PC?

thanks for your time.

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