Just getting started........

This may be a daft question but us old 'uns can be a bit slow on the uptake.
I have just linked 2 PCs with a home network starter kit ( Network
cards.....switch.....cables )
It seems to work fine after getting the PCs to accept the cards. (Main= XP
pro. Second_ win 98) My problems seem to be with getting the main PC to
respond to commands from the second one. Can I actually show the main XP
computers desk top on the second one and control it from there ? Some help
on how to do that would be much appreciated.
Mike@Lincoln.

"Mike W." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> This may be a daft question but us old 'uns can be a bit slow on the
> uptake. I have just linked 2 PCs with a home network starter kit (
> Network cards.....switch.....cables )
> It seems to work fine after getting the PCs to accept the cards.
> (Main= XP pro. Second_ win 98) My problems seem to be with getting the
> main PC to respond to commands from the second one. Can I actually
> show the main XP computers desk top on the second one and control it
> from there ? Some help on how to do that would be much appreciated.
> Mike@Lincoln.

Have a google for "Remote Desktop Connection". This should be what you
need.

There are other ways (like "VNC"), but this is probably a good one with
which to start.

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Mike W. wrote:
|| This may be a daft question but us old 'uns can be a bit slow on the
|| uptake. I have just linked 2 PCs with a home network starter kit (
|| Network cards.....switch.....cables )
|| It seems to work fine after getting the PCs to accept the cards.
|| (Main= XP pro. Second_ win 98) My problems seem to be with getting
|| the main PC to respond to commands from the second one. Can I
|| actually show the main XP computers desk top on the second one and
|| control it from there ? Some help on how to do that would be much
|| appreciated.
|| Mike@Lincoln.

As the second PC is W98, not without third-party software. If they were both
XP, then yes you could, using Romote Desktop.
Google for PC Anywhere, that's a firm favourite.......

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Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 28 Apr
2005 19:24:12 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.comp.home-networking, yawatina tan reek esk "Gordon"
<(E-Mail Removed)> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>|| Can I
>|| actually show the main XP computers desk top on the second one and
>|| control it from there ? Some help on how to do that would be much
>|| appreciated.
>
>As the second PC is W98, not without third-party software.

You don't need third party software - Microsoft provide the client for free:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...dclientdl.mspx

deKay
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"Gordon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> As the second PC is W98, not without third-party software. If they
> were both XP, then yes you could, using Romote Desktop.
> Google for PC Anywhere, that's a firm favourite.......

I think you'll find that PC Anywhere is third party software and is not
free. This makes it a silly choice, IMO.

As deKay said, Remote Desktop is free and available from MS.

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deKay wrote:
|| Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des
|| Thu, 28 Apr 2005 19:24:12 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof
|| do uk.comp.home-networking, yawatina tan reek esk "Gordon"
|| <(E-Mail Removed)> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
||
||||| Can I
||||| actually show the main XP computers desk top on the second one and
||||| control it from there ? Some help on how to do that would be much
||||| appreciated.
|||
||| As the second PC is W98, not without third-party software.
||
|| You don't need third party software - Microsoft provide the client
|| for free:
|| http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...dclientdl.mspx
||

Thanks for the pointer.......

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Treeherder wrote:
|| "Gordon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
|| news:(E-Mail Removed):
||
||| As the second PC is W98, not without third-party software. If they
||| were both XP, then yes you could, using Romote Desktop.
||| Google for PC Anywhere, that's a firm favourite.......
||
|| I think you'll find that PC Anywhere is third party software

That's what I said the OP needed!

||and is not free.

I never said it was.

||
|| As deKay said, Remote Desktop is free and available from MS.
||

I didn't know that. Why should I?


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"Treeherder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Gordon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:(E-Mail Removed):
>
>> As the second PC is W98, not without third-party software. If they
>> were both XP, then yes you could, using Romote Desktop.
>> Google for PC Anywhere, that's a firm favourite.......
>
> I think you'll find that PC Anywhere is third party software and is not
> free. This makes it a silly choice, IMO.
>
> As deKay said, Remote Desktop is free and available from MS.

Remote Desktop only works when you connect to XP Pro (not XP Home). Is the
same true for PC Anywhere: does this have a component that installs on the
PC that you are connecting to, or does it too require facilities that are in
Pro but not Home?

"Gordon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:3dcq9qF6s33tmU1
@individual.net:

> >
> > As deKay said, Remote Desktop is free and available from MS.
> >
>
> I didn't know that. Why should I?
>

I was correcting the inaccurate statement you had made about RDC. Let's
not argue, it doesn't help the OP or others.

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Treeherder wrote:
|| "Gordon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
|| news:3dcq9qF6s33tmU1 @individual.net:
||
||||
|||| As deKay said, Remote Desktop is free and available from MS.
||||
|||
||| I didn't know that. Why should I?
|||
||
|| I was correcting the inaccurate statement you had made about RDC.
|| Let's not argue, it doesn't help the OP or others.
||
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|| treeherder.co.uk (marcus)
||
|| Any reference to trees or their herding is purely coincidental.

RDC does NOT come with W98. I was unaware you could download it for use ON
W98.

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