Microsoft Releases Remote Desktop Connection Client 2

[Xtreme]

Yes they are connected to the same Netgear router which is wireless. Both computers are wireless.

Also, to get the ip, do I just type ipconfig in the cmd and then get the default gateway? Or is it something else. The ipconfig thing didn't work.

Also, I have filesharing on and SMB on in my MBP, and filesharing is on in the XPS laptop. But I still can't see it in my "Shared" de vices in the Finder. Maybe that is the whole problem?

Try this:

1) Disable Windows Firewall from control panel.

2) The windows computer MUST have a password on the account on which you are trying to use to log in with.

3) Try "ipconfig /all" from the command prompt to get your ip.

4) Make sure your version of windows vista supports remote desktop connection.... from what i understand Vista Home Premium and "under" don't support it.

 

[marcj]

Doesn't Adium do Microsoft messaging anyway?

Last time I checked Adium can't do webcam chat. Mercury Messenger can but I personally don't like the software.

Apparently Messenger for Mac will have video support in the near future... Many years too late though

 

[Compufix]

For the Windows Machine (Host): http://www.realvnc.com/
For the Mac (Client): http://sourceforge.net/projects/cotvnc/

Actually, if you have 10.5, simply go to the CONNECT TO SERVER menu and type in vnc://machinename or vnc://ipaddress

The client built into 10.5 is much MUCH faster and better than COTVNC or even JollyfastVNC as a client. Also, if you google, you can find some terminal commands that enable some extra features like observe mode, clipboard copy and paste, Curtain mode and more. We enable VNC on all our Macs. When you connect via VNC to a mac, it actually uses the ARD security options set (meaning you have to give an account permission to control/observe that workstation). But seriously...it is almost like sitting in front of the computer. I use it on all my servers, I can't stand when I am on my 10.4 workstation, or Windows laptop and have to use VNC...what a difference.

I also third, and fourth the CoRD recommendation. I have used RDC and CoRD just feels faster and I like the scaling. Oh btw...the 10.5 screen sharing also has much better Multiple monitor support and scaling/full size.

-Mike

 

[Phil A.]

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Was using the beta for a looooonnnnnggg time. Eventually gave up on it and i just use CoRD now, much better imho.

http://cord.sourceforge.net/

I don't say this very often, but OMFG!

How is it I've struggled with RDC this long and didn't know about CoRD? I love having the little "console session" checkbox. Beautiful. Beautiful. Beautiful.

I found cord to be a bit unstable. I think the new RDC client is very impressive and better in some ways than the windows version: I've created profiles for all the machines I need to connect to and then made a stack out of the folder: instant connections
Incidentally you vmcan connect to the console with RDC by putting /console after the machine name

 

[Peel]

Microsoft lists a number of known issues in the final version.

"Here you go kids, we know it's still not there yet, but we're done with it."

 

[Neuro]

Was using the beta for a looooonnnnnggg time. Eventually gave up on it and i just use CoRD now, much better imho.

http://cord.sourceforge.net/

I tried CoRD for a while when RDC was a bit unstable. But found CoRD has issues with screen corruption (on two different Macs) and sometimes hangs for a few seconds. No good when coding remotely.

RDC is very responsive and looks great. The only downside is the insane config arrangement. Why not have the server address and login details on one config page, like a ftp client??

 

[mhamen]

You can get RDP working in Vista Home Premium

Well that is the problem then. It runs Vista Home Premium. Oh well. (Also, I typed in ipconfig not "ipcondig" lol, my bad.)

Thanks for helping me anyways

Watabou, check this out.

http://tinyurl.com/2p9bex

I used the instructions here to get RDP working on my inlaws Vista Home premium setup. It worked like a charm

 

[zwida]

"Here you go kids, we know it's still not there yet, but we're done with it."

Yeah, that's a pretty weak "release." I guess it makes clear the level of commitment they have to the project.

 

[dogmorph2]

uh

hey does anyone know if this works with macs running tiger? and with PCs running XP?

 

[edenwaith]

RDC2 Released

Good to see that RDC2 has finally been released. I've been using the betas for quite awhile, and they have been pretty decent, at least since Beta2. There are still some quirks and bugs, but there are some nice additions and fixes, as well.

 

[aross99]

hey does anyone know if this works with macs running tiger? and with PCs running XP?

It should work fine with Tiger. I ran the 1.0 version and 2.0 beta's in Tiger.

It will connect to XP Pro, but I don't think XP Home has the RDP server to connect to. There may be some hacks to get around this though...

 

[alphaod]

Been using the Beta for while now; finally something that looks good from Microsoft! (Not to say Office 2008 isn't good either)