The Remote Desktop Connection feature of Windows Vista Business, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions enables easier remote access to any resource or application that your organization has made available to you.
Microsoft made the decision to limit the feature to the editions mentioned above, which means that editions not mentioned in the list do not have it. This includes all Home editions of the Vista operating system which could be an issue for users who want to use the remote desktop feature on their systems as well. The only option, other than upgrading to an edition of Vista supporting Remote Desktop Access, is to install and use third party products that add the functionality to Vista's Home Basic and Home Premium editions.
One of the programs that you can use for that purpose is the excellent TightVNC. The program is available for bit and bit versions of Windows, and supports all versions of the operating system from Windows to the very latest Windows 8 at the time of updating the article. The current user properties can be edited during the installation of the program. You should supply a secure password, set a port or port range that should be used and edit the other options that are visible in the configuration menu.
I would advise to remove the option to disable remote keyboard and pointer view-mode only. The best way of getting started is to take a look at the documentation that is available on the project home page.
It helps you to get started with the application so that you can get started right away. Other sections of the site, like the FAQ page may also be of interest. Exactly, this article should be removed so nobody else searching for an rdp solution on Vista Home editions ends up wasting their time here. So how is this a substitute for remote desktop? PcHelpWare is not Remote Desktop either. RealVNC either. Both give you only black screens or problems. And VNC is not remote desktop.
You can also add a password to the VNC Server. Has anyone got around the UAC problem when running any vnc server as an application not a service called user mode in some of the vnc flavours?? Client version of Windows, Remote Desktop Connection is installed by default in all — home or ultimate. Server is what is missing. I guess the real answer is: Microsoft figured anyone stupid enough to buy a PC with a bundled operating system is too stupid to actually be able to use it.
Like remote desktop to my work pc and send emails so the bosses think I am at work when instead I am at the beach or home playing video games. It truly is my fault for buying a pc with Windows preinstalled.
An alternative is to put it in the windows startup section. And of course, firewall and router settings must allow connectivity. My laptop has a normal display, and my desktop is widescreen with aero and it will be displayed on the laptop — albeit with edge scrolling. Obviously, Remote Desktop does not work on Vista Home versions. Use RealVNC instead. Now someone hacked the termserv. Simply download termsrv. I was frustrated too that I could not remote from my laptop with vista premiun to my desktop with ultimate.
I could remote the other way of course. Last night I forwarded udp and tcp ports on my router using the desktops address and was able to remote to my desktop from my laptop using the free rdc download from microsoft.
Hope this helps someone else. I forgot to tell you i have vista home premium. Someone can help me? If u r using a router ull need to fw the connection to ur machine. This one rocks for managing remote systems.
Sure there are a few annoyances, like the nag screen and it only runs on windows but XP and Vista and some earlier , but, its the easiest to setup, can run as a service with a fixed password, or not.
Small 1 MB client module for quick, new client, support. Connections can change mid-stream, file transfer and remote presentation one-way sessions.
It is a different license model; license is purchased once; period. Free RSS updates, no maintenance read support, who needs it anyway. TeamViewer is great and I am using to create a VPN between two computers, but I want Remote Desktop for its ability to keep the machine locked and still be able to use the desktop.
Then no one is messing with the mouse and keyboard while I am working. Anyone found a hack to get it on Home Editions of Vista yet? I had the problem with Remote Desktop.
After installing termsrv. I installed it and it fixed my issue. Make sure you have the latest DLL from the zip file. RDC is much faster and the colors are more vibrant! This is not an easy process so I recommend printing this.
I took me about 7 hrs from researching and messing around with settings to get this to work. I hope this works for you first time. This will give you an in-depth walk-through on making your remote desktop work.
Then to top it all off, I needed a static IP to make it work. Both are false. Here is how I made it all work. Download a patch for Windows Vista Home Premium. I currently establish a VPN connection to the server and then use the Remote Desktop connection from home to access any of the workstations at the office on the following subnet This leads me to believe that the problem may be with SBS.
Are there any settings on the SBS that need to be made so that the Vista machine can be accessed from my home computer? Thank you for your response. To enable IP Routing, please perform the following steps:. Open registry editor regedit. Change the value of the entry IpEnableRouter to 1. Restart the computer. Note : Please backup the registry key before modifying the value.
From the error message you provided, I infer that the cause of this issue should be:. Note: If the issue persists after stopping the Base Filtering Engine service, please restart the following services orderly:. If the issue persists, I suggest contacting our Windows Small Business Server Newsgroup to narrow down the issue. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. Joson Zhou. Microsoft Online Community Support. Before we go further, I would like to confirm the following points with you:.
Did the logon dialog box appear for typing username and password when trying to RDP to the Windows Vista machine? Discussions in Windows Small Business Server Remote connections might not be enabled or the computer might be too busy to accept new connections. It is also possible that network problems are preventing your connection. Please try connectinig later, If the problem continues to occur, contact your administrator.
Under Back up or restore your files , click Set up backup. Select where you want to save your backup, and then click Next. Note Remember to save your backup files to removable media or a network location.
Click Let Windows choose or Let me choose , and then click Next. Make the appropriate selections, and then click Next or Save Settings and run backup. Click Back up files under Back up files or your entire computer. Select where you want to store the file backup, and then click Next. Select the disk or disks that you want to back up, and then click Next.
Select the file type or file types that you want to back up, and then click Next. Click Next , click Old computer , and then click Next. Select how you want to transfer your files. If you select Other , you can save to a network location or to removable media so that you can keep a backup for your records.
Note Manufacturers frequently configure a recovery partition on a computer. Typically, a recovery partition is displayed as a hard disk drive. Always store the media that you use for backups in a secure location to prevent unauthorized access to your files.
Try to use a fireproof location that's separate from your computer's location. Also, consider encrypting the backup data. Need more help? Expand your skills. Get new features first.
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