I know that installing the Remote Desktop Connection Software on a Windows 2000 system will allow the Windows 2000 system to remotely connect to a computer running Windows XP Professional with Remote Desktop enabled, but will it also allow a Windows XP Professional computer to connect to the Windows 2000 computer that has Remote Desktop Connection installed?
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This really should be in the 2000 forum becuase you are trying to remotely connect to a 2000 machine, but see if this helps:
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Short answer:
The XP RDS client you install on Win2K is a client just as it is on a 9x box. No, a client is not a server.
Additional info:
I don't think Win2K Pro supports Terminal Services in any form (that is, as a server). XP's RDS is a hobbled version of Terminal Services. Win2K Server versions do support Terminal Services, especially in the limited "remote admin" mode that XP's RDS uses, though with fewer limitations than RDS (seems to me remote-admin TS allows 2 simultaneous users).
Terminal Services in "application mode" is a bit different, and requires CALs - but I believe a lot of Windows desktops (Win2K Pro for example) effectively include a CAL for this.
And finally:
There is always NetMeeting RDS. Not as graceful as Terminal Services, perhaps less efficient, can be catankerous to set up just right... but it is free and supported on all supported versions of Windows OSs that I know of, through Win XP at least. Works great for remote admin tasks, and the price is right.
The XP RDS client you install on Win2K is a client just as it is on a 9x box. No, a client is not a server.
Additional info:
I don't think Win2K Pro supports Terminal Services in any form (that is, as a server). XP's RDS is a hobbled version of Terminal Services. Win2K Server versions do support Terminal Services, especially in the limited "remote admin" mode that XP's RDS uses, though with fewer limitations than RDS (seems to me remote-admin TS allows 2 simultaneous users).
Terminal Services in "application mode" is a bit different, and requires CALs - but I believe a lot of Windows desktops (Win2K Pro for example) effectively include a CAL for this.
And finally:
There is always NetMeeting RDS. Not as graceful as Terminal Services, perhaps less efficient, can be catankerous to set up just right... but it is free and supported on all supported versions of Windows OSs that I know of, through Win XP at least. Works great for remote admin tasks, and the price is right.
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