I was wondering about this too. I've used it remotely over the Internet for years (XP Pro has always had it) and have never had any problems. I've found it far superior to VNC or other 3rd party solutions, has remote printer sharing, sound sharing, disk sharing, etc. Vista/W7/Win2k8 versions can even bring over a single application window, not the entire desktop.
Security I guess is the question, I don't know of any problems with the current revisions--are there any? I guess just add a VPN if you don't think it's secure enough? Scott On Feb 6, 2011, at 6:47 PM, Brian Weeden wrote: > It used to be that there were some bugs in the RDP protocol. Maybe they have > been fixed, I haven't looked into it lately. > > ----------- > Brian > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 2011-02-06, at 6:35 PM, Eli Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> RDP is less secure then VNC? I don't see how. >> >> On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Brian Weeden <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> You can also enable RDP on other editions with a registry hack. >>> >>> But I would not use RDP over the Internet - security issues. Use something >>> like UltraVNC. >>> >>> If the target machine is being operated by a "user", you might want to use >>> something GoToMyPC or GoToAssist. >>> >>> ----------- >>> Brian >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 2011-02-06, at 6:22 PM, Jamie Furtner <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On 2011-02-06 3:22 PM, Winterlight wrote: >>>>> >>>>> What is the best free way to remotely support, and or access, Windows 7 >>> Pro from my Windows 7 PRO? Is Windows 7 Remote acceptable, or is there a >>> much better way to go about this? Thanks! >>>>> >>>> Windows 7 Pro (and higher editions) support RDP - that works great if >>> you're on the same network. >>> http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/turn-on-remote-desktop-in-windows-vista/for >>> directions on how to enable and grant access. >>>> >>>> Jamie >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Jamie Furtner [email protected] >>>> "I aim to misbehave" >>>> - Malcom Reynolds (Serenity movie) >>>> "It's not safe... >>>> "For them." >>>> - River Tam (Serenity movie) >>>> >>>
