tear 0 Posted October 10, 2001 Can I install the remote desktop function in win2k? I want to be able to remotely controll a win2k machine. If not, are there any other greats progs that can do the same thing? Share this post Link to post
Xiven 0 Posted October 10, 2001 VNC, PCAnywhere and Win2k Server Terminal Services will all do this. There are some others around as well. Share this post Link to post
Gillus 0 Posted October 10, 2001 Yes you can. The best terminal server client, IMHO, is the one that's on the XP CD. You can get it there : http://www.xs4all.nl/~binkbv/msrdpcli.zip Don't forget to give a password to the account you plan to use for logon, otherwise access will be denied. If you really want to open remote desktop access to accounts without passwords, you'll have to tweak the security policy Gillus Share this post Link to post
tear 0 Posted October 10, 2001 Gillus: I think you have missunderstand me. The computer I want to connect to is a win2k pro computer and I'm running winxp. The remote computer is the one that is running win2k pro not my computer. Share this post Link to post
Gillus 0 Posted October 11, 2001 Hmmm, sorry. You don't have native solution to remotely control a Win2K PRO box. Terminal Services aren't available on this version. You'll have to look at freeware tools. I'd suggest VNC, which is pretty powerful and completly free. BUT, don't forget there is no separation layer between the kernel and the GUI in Win2K PRO, thus remotely controlling the box will make all your actions "showing" on the console desktop, forbiding any user to use the computer at the same time. It's one of the most annoying limitation of this OS, and one that decided me to go to XP. However, XP in still not a multi-user OS, so establishing a remote connection on a XP box will temporarily desactivate any session of any local user (if allowed). I'm not sure how MS implemented this limitation, since Terminal services are part of XP, but I'm still "working" to find a fix for that. Gillus Share this post Link to post
tear 0 Posted October 11, 2001 So what you mean is that if I had win2k server on the remote machine, I would be able to log in using terminal services and a another user that is physicly sitting by the computer can work with it at the same time? That would be great for me I have a copy of win2k server, can I upgrade the existing version of win2k pro or do I need to make a fresh install? Share this post Link to post
Four and Twenty 0 Posted October 12, 2001 dude check out dame ware nt utilities if u want to do remote admin Share this post Link to post
