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by pambar

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Does anyone know of a way to gain access to the desktop of a VPN server. I am able to connect to my VPN server and pull files from my HD. But is there a way of connecting where I would see the desktop of the VPN (Win2K server) server. So that I can click on an icon to run a program on that desktop. IF I dial-in through PCAnywhere I gain control of the desktop of the host machine. Can I duplicate this somehow in RRAS (VPN-PPTP)?

Thanks Much for any help...

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by lvinchat

You have a couple of options here that I can see. The easiest, since it appears you already have pcAnywhere on the server, is to run pcAnywhere in Network Host mode, connect via VPN, and then run the remote control on your local PC. The second option is to load terminal services for Win2K, which I know little about at this time. I thought I had read somewhere that 2K came with 1 license for terminal services, but don't quote me on that. If you can run terminal services, I would expect the performance to be considerably better than that of pcAnywhere. Hope this helps.

by john.a

I don't know of a way to do "VPN Desktop". But you can install Cleint Services on your Remote machine. You do this by making 2 Client Services floppies from the machine you want to see the desk top, then installing it on the remote machine. Also,ATT Cambridge web site makes a nice FREE Client Serves program. Do a web search for VNC, then look for Cambridge and ATT.

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