Rdesktop link to Windows XP Home Edition ?

[Timothy Murphy]

disguised.jedi at gmail.com wrote:

>> Has anyone successfully used rdesktop to link to
>> a machine running Windows XP Home Edition?
>> 
>> As far as I can see, Windows XP Home Edition
>> does not support Telnet server or Remote Desktop
>> (as Windows XP Pro does).
>> It does support "Remote Assistance",
>> and I see from the archive for this list
>> that some claim one could use this
>> to login to a Windows machine from a Linux box.
>> Unfortunately none of the postings I have seen
>> explains how this is done.
>> 
>> Has anyone actually linked Linux to WinXP Home in this way?

> You could try VNC.  I use Ultr at VNC and it works great on Windows.  I'm
> sure there's a linux version!

I realise that VNC is an alternative.
I just thought I'd see if it was possible to use rdesktop first.

Most people just speak of using it with "WinXP",
without discriminating between XP Pro and XP Home.

Before the Linux fundamentalists start stoning me,
I should say that I want to be able to reboot into Linux (remotely)
after my grand-daughter has stopped playing Sims2.

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