Remote Access

[TheConfuzed1]

I just got a new MacBook Pro.

I have never owned a Windows computer before, but this thing is running Lion and Windows 7, via Boot Camp and Parallels.

I need to be able to connect to a Windows 2000 server at work, via Remote Access.

If I boot into Windows under Boot Camp, I am able to use Microsoft Remote Access, to connect to the server.

Loading my Boot Camp partition under Parallels, I am not able to connect the same way.

Ideally, I would just connect using Apple Remote Desktop, and skip Windows altogether, but that doesn't connect either.

Can anyone give some guidance here please?

Thanks.

 

[d1sahib]

Try downloading Microsoft Remote Desktop for the Mac and see if that works:

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/remote-desktop-client

 

[balamw]

Loading my Boot Camp partition under Parallels, I am not able to connect the same way.

In what way does that fail?

B

 

[TheConfuzed1]

In what way does that fail?

B

It's the oddest thing... I just tried it, in order to post the error here, and it inexplicably works now!

Weird...

It would still be better if I could get the Mac client working, but at least I don't have to keep rebooting now!

I would just like to point out that I am now using Mac OS X to access Windows 7 under virtualization, to remotely access a Windows 2000 server!

That blows my mind a little bit.

 

[mainstay]

Try downloading Microsoft Remote Desktop for the Mac and see if that works:

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/remote-desktop-client

agreed... so long as there isn't some sort of additional VPN technology that is not supported in Mac (doesn't sound like it), you can just use the free RDP client for Mac...

skip all the virtualization stuff (for this purpose, it does have other useful applications)

 

[JTravers]

CoRD is another excellent, free RDP client. It's a little more customizable and feature-rich than the Microsoft client, in my opinion.
http://cord.sourceforge.net/

 

[TheConfuzed1]

I downloaded Remote Desktop for Mac.

About 80% of the time it crashes when I try to connect.

The other 20% of the time I get a black screen.

I don't know what's going on. This is a brand new system, so it's hard to imagine that there's a conflict.

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CoRD is another excellent, free RDP client. It's a little more customizable and feature-rich than the Microsoft client, in my opinion.
http://cord.sourceforge.net/

Awesome! This works very well! Thanks for the tip!