Remote Desktop to Vista Home Premium PCs

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Is there a way of connecting via Remote Desktop to a Vista Home Premium system, or do I need to use VNC instead?

Edit: I'm having a bad day with TLA's. Sorry

Best Answer

From "Remote Desktop Connection: frequently asked questions":

You cannot use Remote Desktop Connection to connect to remote (host) computers running the following editions of Windows Vista:

  • Windows Vista Starter
  • Windows Vista Home Basic
  • Windows Vista Home Basic N
  • Windows Vista Home Premium

However, any edition of Windows Vista can be running on your computer (the one you want to connect from).

So, you'll have to run an alternative software like TightVNC.

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