Remote Network

[Ext User(Anthony Temporal)]

I have a laptop at home and have connected to my office network by setting up
a WAN. Can I map or access network drives that are on the office network from
home? I am using XP home edition at home. XP Pro at work. I can use remote
desktop to access my workstation but would rather just use my laptop as a
seperate workstation instead of having to connect to the network and then
remote desktop connection.
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Anthony Temporal

[Ext User(Gordon)]

"Anthony Temporal" <AnthonyTemporal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:54B1549E-A1B4-4653-95C0-62B0A9775F2F@microsoft.com...
>I have a laptop at home and have connected to my office network by setting
>up
> a WAN. Can I map or access network drives that are on the office network
> from
> home? I am using XP home edition at home. XP Pro at work. I can use remote
> desktop to access my workstation but would rather just use my laptop as a
> seperate workstation instead of having to connect to the network and then
> remote desktop connection.
> --
> Anthony Temporal


Are you SURE you have Home edition on your laptop? I didn't think Home
edition /had/ Remote Desktop.......

[Ext User(Anthony Temporal)]

Pretty sure. Just checked the spec on the invoice and it details XP Home
Edition. It does have remote desktop on as I have used it. Can't check the
system as it is at home.
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Anthony Temporal


"Gordon" wrote:

> "Anthony Temporal" <AnthonyTemporal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:54B1549E-A1B4-4653-95C0-62B0A9775F2F@microsoft.com...
> >I have a laptop at home and have connected to my office network by setting
> >up
> > a WAN. Can I map or access network drives that are on the office network
> > from
> > home? I am using XP home edition at home. XP Pro at work. I can use remote
> > desktop to access my workstation but would rather just use my laptop as a
> > seperate workstation instead of having to connect to the network and then
> > remote desktop connection.
> > --
> > Anthony Temporal
>
>
> Are you SURE you have Home edition on your laptop? I didn't think Home
> edition /had/ Remote Desktop.......
>
>
>

[Ext User(Gordon)]

"Anthony Temporal" <AnthonyTemporal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:E3A147AE-D1DD-4EA3-BB4F-163C30CF64C6@microsoft.com...
> Pretty sure. Just checked the spec on the invoice and it details XP Home
> Edition. It does have remote desktop on as I have used it.

that's interesting - all the MS documentation says Pro only.........

[Ext User(Anthony Temporal)]

Going home for lunch will check. Does it make a difference to my initial query?
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Anthony Temporal


"Gordon" wrote:

> "Anthony Temporal" <AnthonyTemporal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:E3A147AE-D1DD-4EA3-BB4F-163C30CF64C6@microsoft.com...
> > Pretty sure. Just checked the spec on the invoice and it details XP Home
> > Edition. It does have remote desktop on as I have used it.
>
> that's interesting - all the MS documentation says Pro only.........
>
>
>

[Ext User(Gordon)]

"Anthony Temporal" <AnthonyTemporal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:2AFD5EDA-2B8E-44DD-8BEC-4E192A62D395@microsoft.com...
> Going home for lunch will check. Does it make a difference to my initial
> query?
> --
> Anthony Temporal
>
>
> "Gordon" wrote:
>
>> "Anthony Temporal" <AnthonyTemporal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:E3A147AE-D1DD-4EA3-BB4F-163C30CF64C6@microsoft.com...
>> > Pretty sure. Just checked the spec on the invoice and it details XP
>> > Home
>> > Edition. It does have remote desktop on as I have used it.
>>
>> that's interesting - all the MS documentation says Pro only.........
>>
>>
>>


To a certain extent, as the only option in Home edition is Remote
assistance, which is not the same as remote desktop........whether it will
do the same thing, is something I'm not sure of.

[Ext User(Anthony Temporal)]

definately Home edition sp2
It has remote desktop though which I have been using.
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Anthony Temporal


"Gordon" wrote:

> "Anthony Temporal" <AnthonyTemporal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:2AFD5EDA-2B8E-44DD-8BEC-4E192A62D395@microsoft.com...
> > Going home for lunch will check. Does it make a difference to my initial
> > query?
> > --
> > Anthony Temporal
> >
> >
> > "Gordon" wrote:
> >
> >> "Anthony Temporal" <AnthonyTemporal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >> message news:E3A147AE-D1DD-4EA3-BB4F-163C30CF64C6@microsoft.com...
> >> > Pretty sure. Just checked the spec on the invoice and it details XP
> >> > Home
> >> > Edition. It does have remote desktop on as I have used it.
> >>
> >> that's interesting - all the MS documentation says Pro only.........
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
> To a certain extent, as the only option in Home edition is Remote
> assistance, which is not the same as remote desktop........whether it will
> do the same thing, is something I'm not sure of.
>
>
>