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Solve : remote desktop connection in Windows XP Home edition ??

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I was ALWAYS at least fairly certain, that Windows XP home edition did not come with RDP. I happen to LOOK in "Accessories" a LITTLE while ago on the start menu and there it is "Remote Desktop Connection"

Does anyone else have this on home edition ?I just now noticed that my Windows Vista Home Basic computer has remote desktop connection in the Accessorites menu as well.. What the heck is going on here ?

Terminal Services appears to be installed and running on Vista Home Basic, but not on XP Home, yet both have remote desktop connection available in the accessories menu..If I'm reading this right, RDC has been around for almost 10 years (which I didn't KNOW), but was included in XP SP1. Back in the Win 98 days I spent some money on remote access programs, which may have been a waste of money.

https://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/tools/rdclientdl.mspxQuote from: grandpa_simpson on August 21, 2010, 10:32:49 PM

I was always at least fairly certain, that Windows XP home edition did not come with RDP. I happen to look in "Accessories" a little while ago on the start menu and there it is "Remote Desktop Connection"

Does anyone else have this on home edition ?

You get an RDC client but not the server.
Quote from: Salmon Trout on August 22, 2010, 12:10:33 AM
You get an RDC client but not the server.


That makes sense. If that's the case, I wonder why I can't get terminal services started in XP home edition. Doesn't it have to be running to accept a remote connection from server ?

In any case, I never downloaded or installed it at any time that I can remember. It's wierd that it just showed up on both of my computers.. I got server and client mixed up, sorry... But ANYWAY, I just don't know how they got there, I never saw them before...


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