Remote desktop from Vista Home Premium to XP Pro

I recently purchased a laptop that came with Vista Home Premium. One
of the things I want to be able to do is access my home computer which
is running XP Pro. I have had Remote Desktop up and running on my XP
Pro box for years and access it all the time with no problems from
work or friends houses or wherever. I use a dynamic IP service which
gives me an easy to remember domain name that maps to my IP address.
Like I said, this has always worked with no problems. So now I am
trying to use the Remote Desktop client on my Vista laptop using the
same domain name I always use and it won't connect. If I am in my home
wireless network, I can connect to my XP Pro machine from the Vista
laptop if I specify the XP Pro's computer name and it does connect,
but I need to be able to access it from outside my home network via IP
address. Is there something I 'm not doing? I don't know Vista enough
yet. This is the first time I've used it.

THANKS!!

"Erich93063" <> wrote in message
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>I recently purchased a laptop that came with Vista Home Premium. One
> of the things I want to be able to do is access my home computer which
> is running XP Pro. I have had Remote Desktop up and running on my XP
> Pro box for years and access it all the time with no problems from
> work or friends houses or wherever. I use a dynamic IP service which
> gives me an easy to remember domain name that maps to my IP address.
> Like I said, this has always worked with no problems. So now I am
> trying to use the Remote Desktop client on my Vista laptop using the
> same domain name I always use and it won't connect. If I am in my home
> wireless network, I can connect to my XP Pro machine from the Vista
> laptop if I specify the XP Pro's computer name and it does connect,
> but I need to be able to access it from outside my home network via IP
> address. Is there something I 'm not doing? I don't know Vista enough
> yet. This is the first time I've used it.
>
> THANKS!!

IIRC you need Vista Ultimate to initiate a remote desktop session, Vista
Premium can only accept requests.

Hope this helps


Andy

"Andy" <> wrote in message
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> "Erich93063" <> wrote in message
> news:1d48fd6f-8d45-45e9-a970-...
>>I recently purchased a laptop that came with Vista Home Premium. One
>> of the things I want to be able to do is access my home computer which
>> is running XP Pro. I have had Remote Desktop up and running on my XP
>> Pro box for years and access it all the time with no problems from
>> work or friends houses or wherever. I use a dynamic IP service which
>> gives me an easy to remember domain name that maps to my IP address.
>> Like I said, this has always worked with no problems. So now I am
>> trying to use the Remote Desktop client on my Vista laptop using the
>> same domain name I always use and it won't connect. If I am in my home
>> wireless network, I can connect to my XP Pro machine from the Vista
>> laptop if I specify the XP Pro's computer name and it does connect,
>> but I need to be able to access it from outside my home network via IP
>> address. Is there something I 'm not doing? I don't know Vista enough
>> yet. This is the first time I've used it.
>>
>> THANKS!!
>
> IIRC you need Vista Ultimate to initiate a remote desktop session, Vista
> Premium can only accept requests.
>
> Hope this helps
>
>
> Andy

Sorry I didn't see the OP as I have googlegroups blocked on principle......
He can use Teamviewer. Does the same thing......
http://www.teamviewer.com/index.aspx

"Andy" <> wrote in message
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> "Erich93063" <> wrote in message
> news:1d48fd6f-8d45-45e9-a970-...
>>I recently purchased a laptop that came with Vista Home Premium. One
>> of the things I want to be able to do is access my home computer
>> which
>> is running XP Pro. I have had Remote Desktop up and running on my XP
>> Pro box for years and access it all the time with no problems from
>> work or friends houses or wherever. I use a dynamic IP service which
>> gives me an easy to remember domain name that maps to my IP address.
>> Like I said, this has always worked with no problems. So now I am
>> trying to use the Remote Desktop client on my Vista laptop using the
>> same domain name I always use and it won't connect. If I am in my
>> home
>> wireless network, I can connect to my XP Pro machine from the Vista
>> laptop if I specify the XP Pro's computer name and it does connect,
>> but I need to be able to access it from outside my home network via
>> IP
>> address. Is there something I 'm not doing? I don't know Vista enough
>> yet. This is the first time I've used it.
>>
>> THANKS!!
>
> IIRC you need Vista Ultimate to initiate a remote desktop session,
> Vista Premium can only accept requests.
>

I think you've got it backward. Home versions of Windows do not support
inbound remote desktop connections. They can only connect outbound.

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Zaphod

No matter where you go, there you are!

OK so here's the weird thing. I went to work today and just for the
heck of it tried it using my domain name to connect to my home XP Pro
machine knowing it wasn't going to work as I had tried 50 times the
previous night and guess what? IT WORKED. I didnt do anything
different. I guess maybe if Vista knows you are in your home network
it forces you to use the computer name and wont let you use an IP, but
since i was at work and outside my home network it worked using the
IP. ???? No idea on this one but bottom line its working now.

"Erich93063" <> wrote in message
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> OK so here's the weird thing. I went to work today and just for the
> heck of it tried it using my domain name to connect to my home XP Pro
> machine knowing it wasn't going to work as I had tried 50 times the
> previous night and guess what? IT WORKED. I didnt do anything
> different. I guess maybe if Vista knows you are in your home network
> it forces you to use the computer name and wont let you use an IP, but
> since i was at work and outside my home network it worked using the
> IP. ???? No idea on this one but bottom line its working now.

Glad to hear it is working now. My best guess is that something was
wrong with DNS, or your dynamic IP service hadn't updated for an IP
address change. Hard to say.

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Zaphod

No matter where you go, there you are!