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tmoney468

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Mar 13, 2007
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Hi, I have a quick question about Microsoft's Remote Desktop. I want to be able to connect to my home computer from work, and I have enabled remote desktop on my Windows XP PC at home (and I'm already able to connect to it from my Macbook Pro when I'm on my home wireless network). But I tried connecting to my computer today from work and I can't seem to get it working.

Just to make things clear, I'm trying to use my Macbook Pro at work to connect to my Windows PC at home on my home wireless network.

Is it possible to do a Remote Desktop to my PC at home that's on my home wireless network? I have the IP address of my home internet, the local IP address of my actual PC on the network, and the Full computer name as well. Any ideas as to the proper way to connect to that PC? Or will I have to set up a VPN instead?

Thanks!
 
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