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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 > > > >-- > >This is the PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users (PcTech) mailing list > >To post a message email: PcTech@xxxxxxxxxxxx > >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > >visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/pctech > >or email: PcTech-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > >Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > >at http://archive.midrange.com/pctech. > > -- > This is the PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users (PcTech) mailing list > To post a message email: PcTech@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/pctech > or email: PcTech-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/pctech.
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