How to network pc to allow access by others

[leewisener]

Not sure if this will make sense but here goes.

I have a network throughout my home, pc's access the internet and printers via a netgear router, it works great, I have just upgraded one of the kids pc's and now I have a Pentium 3.2Ghhz, 512mb ram, etc.. spare, that I would like to be able to setup in an area of the house that can be accessed from any other pc to run applications that are not installed on all systems in the house.

IS this possible? All machines run windows xp.

 

[kestrel1]

To do this you would need to be running a server version of Windows with terminal services running.

 

[cpjust]

You could also use Remote Desktop or Symantec's pcAnywhere to control another PC remotely.

 

[kestrel1]

yes, they are probably a better alternative, or you could use VNC.

 

[leewisener]

I use VNC currently to see what the kids are up to, but it runs very slow. Will have a look at pcanywhere.

Thanks

Lee