-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 gentuxx wrote: > Mick wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I want to access remotely my father in law's laptop which is running WinXP >>> to >>> help him out with his IT problems. >>> >>> I assumed that krdc will do just that, but all it does is to ask me for the >>> password for my kdewallet and then it fails. The error message tells me >>> something about ensuring that remote desktop is properly installed. :-( >>> >>> Is there somewhere a How-to for me to follow, to be able to connect to a >>> remote default installation WinXP PC, with no physical access to it, from >>> my >>> Gentoo machine? >>> >>> Failing a How-to, how do you do it? > > Mick, > > You first mentioned krdc, I use this all the time. I *do* use it with > VNC, but had often wondered if it was possible to use the native RDC > feature in WinXP. So, when you posed your question, I took a quick look. > > If you want to use RDP as opposed to VNC, you must specify this in the > address of the host to which you are connecting, like so: > > rdp:/mydadsbox.some.isp.com > > This should get you going. You can also bypass kdewallet by > de-selecting that option in the Preferences. > > Cheers. >
I forgot to state the obvious, in that, the ability to RDP needs to be enabled on the target WinXP box. So, in System Properties, go to the Remote tab, make sure "Allow users to connect to this computer", select the appropriate users, and click OK. HTH. - -- gentux echo "hfouvyyAhnbjm/dpn" | perl -pe 's/(.)/chr(ord($1)-1)/ge' gentux's gpg fingerprint ==> 5495 0388 67FF 0B89 1239 D840 4CF0 39E2 18D3 4A9E -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFIE38TPA54hjTSp4RArtyAJ92wbqUGSspp9ES6IwwlNHfXO9lCwCg3Wx6 i1qF6LO5emV3MEeIPLtRF20= =p7+z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
