Re: Connection from a wireless laptop to a PC (at home)

One big difference between Remote desktop and PCAnywhere.

Transferring files.  You can't do that with Remote Desktop.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vernon Hamberg" <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users" <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 8:30 PM
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Connection from a wireless laptop to a PC (at home)


> Remote Desktop puts you ON your home PC, so that your laptop becomes like
a
> terminal, but all your key and mouse actions take place on the PC. But
this
> requires XP (probably Pro) on the home PC. And your laptop needs the
client
> - included with XP (again, probably Pro). But you can get the clients from
> MS for free.
>
> PC-Anywhere accomplishes the same thing, but you need to pay for it.
>
> This assumes you are talking about working on the home PC from another PC,
> not just using the PC as a file server and running the apps on your
laptop.
>
> On the home PC, to set up Remote Desktop, right-click on My Computer,
click
> on Properties, and I think the tab is Remote Users. You don't need to list
> yourself as a user if you are in the Administrators group. Otherwise,
enter
> your user info.
>
> Finally, when you start you laptop client, you need the IP address of your
> home PC on your local network. Very cool!
>
> HTH
> Vern
>
> At 03:07 PM 11/19/2004, you wrote:
> >Hi list:
> >
> >Extreme beginner's question here.  I want to be able to use the
> >applications and data on my home PC (in one separate room) from my
> >wireless laptop.
> >
> >What I need to do?  I read about REMOTE DESKTOP... is this the right
> >approach?
> >
> >Regards and TIA!!!
> >Peter Vidal
> >PALL Corporation
> >SR Programmer Analyst
> >5775 Rio Vista Drive, Clearwater, FL 33760-3137
> >
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