Easy way to connect to the Windows 2000 Workstation Professional remotely?

[lasergecko]

What is the easiest way enable access on a Windows 2000 Workstation Professional machine from XP remote desktop client?

 

[ohnnyj]

I don't think that you can. I know you can connect to a server running Terminal Services, but I believe you may have to use a third party program such as PC Anywhere in order to get access to a workstation running Professional.

 

[FlyingPenguin]

You can't use the 2000 machine as a HOST for Remote Desktop. You can use a 2000 machine as a client (to remotely access an XP system or Terminal Server) - you can download the Terminal Server client for Win98/2000 from Microsoft.

If you want to remotely access the 2000 machine you need to use a 3rd party program. I'm no fan of PC Anywhere though - big slow code bloaded monster.

Try RealVNC. It's also free: http://www.realvnc.com/

I use this on all my client's systems that aren't running XP.

 

[GfW]

NetMeeting should also do the trick

 

[ohnnyj]

Would GoToMyPC work as well? Never tried it and don't know how good it is, however, so you may want to look for some reviews.