Different type of network

Hello gang,

Nice to be here on a Friday night in Florida.(It's gettin'
HOT)

I use/have a very differnt setup as most and fortunately
it is working fine. I want to make a change but not too
sure how to do it.
I am doing this:

1. Homebased server with w2k3 no other PC's connected.
Just me and the internet.

2. 2 PC's in another home 5 miles away currently using
VPN and remote terminal access for our communication.

The first machine off of the wall is a WinXP Pro with a
cable modem and 2 nic cards. (Upstream is 512 and Down 2.0
at the server2003 location)
The second machine is a XP home OS and is networked
through the second nic card and a crossover cable directly
out of the XP Pro machine and into the XP home machine.
Internet connection shareng is enabled and all is well.

What I have found to be my limitation is the inability to
control the XP home machine (to a point). To say..
I can reach all the shares I have networked but I want to
be able to access the desktop as I do the Pro machine or
the ability to make major changes to the browser. I guess
to really administer it from 5 miles away. I know there is
no remote on Home but is there a way to do this?
I hope I am not babbling here.
Stay cool its too hot down here
Thank you,
Joe

It works better to give you PROBLEM or GOAL at the top,
and then the detail.

Then those who might help can determine if the problem
falls in their expertise before reading a long message.

I, at least, got lost in the detail without finding your problem.

--
Herb Martin
"Joseph" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:162a801c41e9f$f25a8b30$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello gang,
>
> Nice to be here on a Friday night in Florida.(It's gettin'
> HOT)
>
> I use/have a very differnt setup as most and fortunately
> it is working fine. I want to make a change but not too
> sure how to do it.
> I am doing this:
>
> 1. Homebased server with w2k3 no other PC's connected.
> Just me and the internet.
>
> 2. 2 PC's in another home 5 miles away currently using
> VPN and remote terminal access for our communication.
>
> The first machine off of the wall is a WinXP Pro with a
> cable modem and 2 nic cards. (Upstream is 512 and Down 2.0
> at the server2003 location)
> The second machine is a XP home OS and is networked
> through the second nic card and a crossover cable directly
> out of the XP Pro machine and into the XP home machine.
> Internet connection shareng is enabled and all is well.
>
> What I have found to be my limitation is the inability to
> control the XP home machine (to a point). To say..
> I can reach all the shares I have networked but I want to
> be able to access the desktop as I do the Pro machine or
> the ability to make major changes to the browser. I guess
> to really administer it from 5 miles away. I know there is
> no remote on Home but is there a way to do this?
> I hope I am not babbling here.
> Stay cool its too hot down here
> Thank you,
> Joe
>
>
>

What don't you understand?
Joe
>-----Original Message-----
>It works better to give you PROBLEM or GOAL at the top,
>and then the detail.
>
>Then those who might help can determine if the problem
>falls in their expertise before reading a long message.
>
>I, at least, got lost in the detail without finding your
problem.
>
>--
>Herb Martin
>"Joseph" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>news:162a801c41e9f$f25a8b30$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hello gang,
>>
>> Nice to be here on a Friday night in Florida.(It's
gettin'
>> HOT)
>>
>> I use/have a very differnt setup as most and fortunately
>> it is working fine. I want to make a change but not too
>> sure how to do it.
>> I am doing this:
>>
>> 1. Homebased server with w2k3 no other PC's connected.
>> Just me and the internet.
>>
>> 2. 2 PC's in another home 5 miles away currently using
>> VPN and remote terminal access for our communication.
>>
>> The first machine off of the wall is a WinXP Pro with a
>> cable modem and 2 nic cards. (Upstream is 512 and Down
2.0
>> at the server2003 location)
>> The second machine is a XP home OS and is networked
>> through the second nic card and a crossover cable
directly
>> out of the XP Pro machine and into the XP home machine.
>> Internet connection shareng is enabled and all is well.
>>
>> What I have found to be my limitation is the inability
to
>> control the XP home machine (to a point). To say..
>> I can reach all the shares I have networked but I want
to
>> be able to access the desktop as I do the Pro machine or
>> the ability to make major changes to the browser. I
guess
>> to really administer it from 5 miles away. I know there
is
>> no remote on Home but is there a way to do this?
>> I hope I am not babbling here.
>> Stay cool its too hot down here
>> Thank you,
>> Joe
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>

"Joseph" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<162a801c41e9f$f25a8b30$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> What I have found to be my limitation is the inability to
> control the XP home machine (to a point). To say..
> I can reach all the shares I have networked but I want to
> be able to access the desktop as I do the Pro machine or
> the ability to make major changes to the browser. I guess
> to really administer it from 5 miles away.

If there is someone at the remote machine to help you, you can
use the remote assistance capabilities of XP Home.

If there is no-one there to manually accept the offer of remote
assistance, you *might* be able to write a script that will do
the appropriate keystrokes to let you in. You can use the remote
capabilities of at.exe to kick off the script or a third party
utility like pstools from http://www.sysinternals.com/

--
Matt Hickman
The death rate is the same for us as for anybody... one
person, one death, sooner or later.
- Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
_Tunnel in the Sky_ (c 1955)

Joe,

One way to do this is install FREE VNC software so that you can access the
XP Home Desktop.

--
For more and other information, go to http://www.ChicagoTech.net

Don't send e-mail or reply to me except you need consulting services.
Posting on MS newsgroup will benefit all readers and you may get more help.

Robert Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN, Anti-Virus, Tips & Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties.

"Joseph" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:162a801c41e9f$f25a8b30$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello gang,
>
> Nice to be here on a Friday night in Florida.(It's gettin'
> HOT)
>
> I use/have a very differnt setup as most and fortunately
> it is working fine. I want to make a change but not too
> sure how to do it.
> I am doing this:
>
> 1. Homebased server with w2k3 no other PC's connected.
> Just me and the internet.
>
> 2. 2 PC's in another home 5 miles away currently using
> VPN and remote terminal access for our communication.
>
> The first machine off of the wall is a WinXP Pro with a
> cable modem and 2 nic cards. (Upstream is 512 and Down 2.0
> at the server2003 location)
> The second machine is a XP home OS and is networked
> through the second nic card and a crossover cable directly
> out of the XP Pro machine and into the XP home machine.
> Internet connection shareng is enabled and all is well.
>
> What I have found to be my limitation is the inability to
> control the XP home machine (to a point). To say..
> I can reach all the shares I have networked but I want to
> be able to access the desktop as I do the Pro machine or
> the ability to make major changes to the browser. I guess
> to really administer it from 5 miles away. I know there is
> no remote on Home but is there a way to do this?
> I hope I am not babbling here.
> Stay cool its too hot down here
> Thank you,
> Joe
>
>
>

What about changing to XP pro on the home machine and
remote in from main PC. If no any thiught son netmeeting
and VNC sotware.

thanks Bob,
Joe
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included)
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www.Chicagotech.net
>-----Original Message-----
>Joe,
>
>One way to do this is install FREE VNC software so that
you can access the
>XP Home Desktop.
>
>--
>For more and other information, go to
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
>
>Don't send e-mail or reply to me except you need
consulting services.
>Posting on MS newsgroup will benefit all readers and you
may get more help.
>
>Robert Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
>Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN, Anti-Virus, Tips &
Troubleshooting on
>http://www.ChicagoTech.net
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties.
>
>"Joseph" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>news:162a801c41e9f$f25a8b30$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hello gang,
>>
>> Nice to be here on a Friday night in Florida.(It's
gettin'
>> HOT)
>>
>> I use/have a very differnt setup as most and fortunately
>> it is working fine. I want to make a change but not too
>> sure how to do it.
>> I am doing this:
>>
>> 1. Homebased server with w2k3 no other PC's connected.
>> Just me and the internet.
>>
>> 2. 2 PC's in another home 5 miles away currently using
>> VPN and remote terminal access for our communication.
>>
>> The first machine off of the wall is a WinXP Pro with a
>> cable modem and 2 nic cards. (Upstream is 512 and Down
2.0
>> at the server2003 location)
>> The second machine is a XP home OS and is networked
>> through the second nic card and a crossover cable
directly
>> out of the XP Pro machine and into the XP home machine.
>> Internet connection shareng is enabled and all is well.
>>
>> What I have found to be my limitation is the inability
to
>> control the XP home machine (to a point). To say..
>> I can reach all the shares I have networked but I want
to
>> be able to access the desktop as I do the Pro machine or
>> the ability to make major changes to the browser. I
guess
>> to really administer it from 5 miles away. I know there
is
>> no remote on Home but is there a way to do this?
>> I hope I am not babbling here.
>> Stay cool its too hot down here
>> Thank you,
>> Joe
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>

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thank you again I will try your suggestion
Joe
www.Immoralbalance.com
>-----Original Message-----
>"Joseph" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:<162a801c41e9f$f25a8b30$(E-Mail Removed)>...
>> What I have found to be my limitation is the inability
to
>> control the XP home machine (to a point). To say..
>> I can reach all the shares I have networked but I want
to
>> be able to access the desktop as I do the Pro machine
or
>> the ability to make major changes to the browser. I
guess
>> to really administer it from 5 miles away.
>
>If there is someone at the remote machine to help you,
you can
>use the remote assistance capabilities of XP Home.
>
>If there is no-one there to manually accept the offer of
remote
>assistance, you *might* be able to write a script that
will do
>the appropriate keystrokes to let you in. You can use
the remote
>capabilities of at.exe to kick off the script or a third
party
>utility like pstools from http://www.sysinternals.com/
>
>--
>Matt Hickman
> The death rate is the same for us as for anybody...
one
> person, one death, sooner or later.
> - Robert A. Heinlein
(1907-1988)
> _Tunnel in the Sky_
(c 1955)
>.
>

"Joe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1acd501c41f01$5e5df220$(E-Mail Removed)...
> What don't you understand?


What problem you are trying to solve...

It seems you are a fellow Heinlein fan, so you might
enjoy:

A wise man once said (not Heinlein or a character of his though):
"The answer to the question is the question itself."

--
Herb Martin

I just want to control the "downstream" PC of the XP Pro
machine. I think I am going to go over there today and
install XP Pro and remote in from this angle:

My server to the main XP machine with 2NIC and then remote
from that machine into the old Home machine which will now
have an internal IP. This I think is the most feasable.
Thank you for your help Mr. Martin
Joe

If your evaluating a consequence you are too late in your
circumstance.
- From Immoral Blanance the Quondam Dream
>-----Original Message-----
>"Joe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>news:1acd501c41f01$5e5df220$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> What don't you understand?
>
>
>What problem you are trying to solve...
>
>It seems you are a fellow Heinlein fan, so you might
>enjoy:
>
>A wise man once said (not Heinlein or a character of his
though):
>"The answer to the question is the question itself."
>
>--
>Herb Martin
>
>
>.
>