I am starting the process of setting up a Remote Desktop for my machine. I know virtually nothing about it, and at this point, I am only following instructions a friend gave me. However, his instructions are only so applicable, as he only uses XP, and knows nothing about Vista or 7. He did mention that he had heard that there were catches if the host is Vista and the client is XP. Any thoughts, tips, or advice?
I use teamviewer all the time to fix my family and friends computers remotely. You can check it out here.
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I have used Remote Desktop in the past, but have switched to Team Viewer as it is extremely easy to use, and it works quite well (and is approved for use with Win7).
Yes I have family and friends still on xp and I have no problem with it.
It is compatible with XP as long as you have the latest version from Windows Update.
Also remember when you are setting up remote desktop into your computer from anywhere in the world you need to open the correct ports on your firewall/router to do this. By default, the RDP port is 3389 but can also be set to 3390. In Windows Vista/7 there is also new ways of connecting to renote desktop in a more secure way. In the remote settings options make sure you choose less secure if you are going to remote in with Windows XP.
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