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From: gentuxx <gentuxx@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Remote desktop to WinXP from Gentoo
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2006 23:17:54
Message-Id: 45204B53.8000602@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Remote desktop to WinXP from Gentoo by Mick
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4 Mick wrote:
5 > Hi All,
6 >
7 > I want to access remotely my father in law's laptop which is running WinXP to
8 > help him out with his IT problems.
9 >
10 > I assumed that krdc will do just that, but all it does is to ask me for the
11 > password for my kdewallet and then it fails. The error message tells me
12 > something about ensuring that remote desktop is properly installed. :-(
13 >
14 > Is there somewhere a How-to for me to follow, to be able to connect to a
15 > remote default installation WinXP PC, with no physical access to it, from my
16 > Gentoo machine?
17 >
18 > Failing a How-to, how do you do it?
19
20 Mick,
21
22 You first mentioned krdc, I use this all the time. I *do* use it with
23 VNC, but had often wondered if it was possible to use the native RDC
24 feature in WinXP. So, when you posed your question, I took a quick look.
25
26 If you want to use RDP as opposed to VNC, you must specify this in the
27 address of the host to which you are connecting, like so:
28
29 rdp:/mydadsbox.some.isp.com
30
31 This should get you going. You can also bypass kdewallet by
32 de-selecting that option in the Preferences.
33
34 Cheers.
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