Anyone use Microsoft Remote Connection that comes with MS Office for Mac?

Works well

I used to use it to connect to the windows system at work. Over a good network it works great!

Would recommend over any other solution I found.

P.S. I got disconnected often from the network (never found out if this was a network or software problem)

curious if you have the same issue.

 

What are you trying to accomplish? Do you want to access your Windows desktop, or just files?

 

For this I use TeamViewer, which works with Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Ubuntu, iPhone, iPad, etc. It's very secure and quite simple to set up and use (no messing around with ports), which comes in handy if providing remote support to those who aren't very computer literate. You can talk them through the setup on their end and be connected to them in less than a minute. It's also free for personal use. I prefer it over LogMeIn because it includes free file transfers between computers, a feature I use frequently.

 

What version of Windows are you running?

 

Did you check out TeamViewer?

 

I use it for schoolwork since it's only possible to do with Windows.

 

I use it all the time for work. Sadly it's not as fast as the equivalent on Windows, but for logging into servers to manage them it's a great tool and saves me from having to mess around with a Windows partition on my work Mac.

 

Make sure that you have allowed remote desktop connections.

Win 7/Vista: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/turn-on-remote-desktop-in-windows-vista/

Win XP: Similar, but just right click My Computer and select properties to get to the Settings window.

 

You are on the same network as the Windows machine, right? No firewalls causing any grief? The default port for RDP is 3389 and you should use your username and password. Since you have Ultimate, everything should be kosher assuming you have turned the service on.

That said, the Microsoft RDP viewer for Mac OS leaves some things to be desired, so you could try cord: http://cord.sourceforge.net

 

It's working great for me... even over VPN back to my office network from home.

I just entered the IP address for my Windows machine into the RDP box and it worked. I don't use a firewall on the Mac and I think the Windows box has a firewall on it from the installed Endpoint Security Suite, but it didn't seem to cause any problems.

 

Maybe you could try to make a firewall exception on the windows machine for port 3389 I never use the windows firewall; I'm sorry I can't help much there.