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gentuxx wrote: |
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> Mick wrote: |
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>>> Hi All, |
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>>> |
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>>> I want to access remotely my father in law's laptop which is running WinXP to |
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>>> help him out with his IT problems. |
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>>> I assumed that krdc will do just that, but all it does is to ask me for the |
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>>> password for my kdewallet and then it fails. The error message tells me |
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>>> something about ensuring that remote desktop is properly installed. :-( |
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>>> |
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>>> Is there somewhere a How-to for me to follow, to be able to connect to a |
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>>> remote default installation WinXP PC, with no physical access to it, from my |
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>>> Gentoo machine? |
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>>> |
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>>> Failing a How-to, how do you do it? |
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> |
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> Mick, |
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> |
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> You first mentioned krdc, I use this all the time. I *do* use it with |
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> VNC, but had often wondered if it was possible to use the native RDC |
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> feature in WinXP. So, when you posed your question, I took a quick look. |
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> If you want to use RDP as opposed to VNC, you must specify this in the |
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> address of the host to which you are connecting, like so: |
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> rdp:/mydadsbox.some.isp.com |
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> This should get you going. You can also bypass kdewallet by |
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> de-selecting that option in the Preferences. |
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> Cheers. |
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I forgot to state the obvious, in that, the ability to RDP needs to be |
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enabled on the target WinXP box. So, in System Properties, go to the |
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Remote tab, make sure "Allow users to connect to this computer", select |
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the appropriate users, and click OK. |
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HTH. |
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