[pchelpers] Re: Remote Desktop Connection

Hi John,

Sunday, January 28, 2007, 12:05:41 AM, you wrote:

JD> That looks familiar. One of my clients works this way for the sake
JD> of staff who need to work from home. You may not need that much
JD> support or vpn protection, but over open lines I would recommend
JD> it.

Three things to keep in mind:

First, Remote Desktop is for XP Professional only, not Home.

Second, it's not quite the same as Remote Assistance, which can be
used with XP Home, and I think someone must be on the receiving end to
approve the connection for RA.

Third, Remote Desktop does not provide a VPN connection.  The article
does not say whether RD encrypts the data or not, so you might want to
check.

-- 
Scott.



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