Remote Access/Desktop

How can I set up my home computer (running Windows ME) to be accessed from
my computer at work -- a laptop on a network? The laptop is running
Windows XP. Both computers have Remote Desktop Connection installed, and I
can access my work LAN from home using it, (I'm on a cable modem) but I
can't go in the other direction. I'm running Zone Alarm on my home
computer, and I think I've set it up to allow access from my laptop's IP
address. My help files in Windows ME seem to be telling me that my home
computer isn't set up for remote access from another computer, but they
don't tell me how to set it up.

Thanks.

Gene

Gene,

Win Me has no remote desktop so cannot be accessed from a PC running the
remote desktop client although, as you say, Win Me can run the remote
desktop client so as to be able to access PCs that do support the remote
desktop such as XP Pro. To do what you want you will need to install and
use a third party product such as RealVNC (http://www.realvnc.com/).
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Gene Harris wrote:

How can I set up my home computer (running Windows ME) to be accessed
from my computer at work -- a laptop on a network? The laptop is
running Windows XP. Both computers have Remote Desktop Connection
installed, and I can access my work LAN from home using it, (I'm on a
cable modem) but I can't go in the other direction. I'm running Zone
Alarm on my home computer, and I think I've set it up to allow access
from my laptop's IP address. My help files in Windows ME seem to be
telling me that my home computer isn't set up for remote access from
another computer, but they don't tell me how to set it up.

Gene Harris wrote:

How can I set up my home computer (running Windows ME) to be accessed
from my computer at work -- a laptop on a network? The laptop is
running Windows XP. Both computers have Remote Desktop Connection
installed, and I can access my work LAN from home using it, (I'm on a
cable modem) but I can't go in the other direction. I'm running Zone
Alarm on my home computer, and I think I've set it up to allow access
from my laptop's IP address. My help files in Windows ME seem to be
telling me that my home computer isn't set up for remote access from
another computer, but they don't tell me how to set it up.

Thanks.

Gene


Perhaps I should add that, if I try to connect to my home computer at work
(I enter its IP address in the blank that says "computer"), I get a message
saying that "the client could not connect to the remote computer. Remote
connections might not be enabled or the computer might be too busy to
accept new connections. It is also possible that network problems are
preventing your connection." I've checked the IP addresses for both
computers.

Gene

Mike M wrote:

Gene,

Win Me has no remote desktop so cannot be accessed from a PC running
the remote desktop client although, as you say, Win Me can run the
remote desktop client so as to be able to access PCs that do support
the remote desktop such as XP Pro. To do what you want you will need
to install and use a third party product such as RealVNC
(http://www.realvnc.com/).

Thanks, I'll check it out. Would I install on just the ME computer, or
both computers?

Gene

Gene Harris wrote:

Gene,

Thanks, I'll check it out. Would I install on just the ME computer,
or both computers?

You would need to install the server app on the Win Me PC and the viewer
on any PC you wanted to use to access the Win ME PC. See
http://www.realvnc.com/gettingstarted.html
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP

Mike M wrote:

Gene Harris wrote:

Gene,

Thanks, I'll check it out. Would I install on just the ME computer,
or both computers?

You would need to install the server app on the Win Me PC and the
viewer on any PC you wanted to use to access the Win ME PC. See
http://www.realvnc.com/gettingstarted.html

Thanks again.

Gene