How to turn on Remote Access on Windows 2000 Pro?

Question

I have a PC with Windows 2000 Professional on it and I want to access and run the computer from my Mac. I've checked out Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac but it can't connect and I'm not sure how to do it.

I've turned on what I believe to be the remote access options on the Windows machine and the computers are all on the same local (home) network/internet connection.

How do I get my Mac to see and control my PC?

Answer 1

The Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac won't make a remote connection to Windows 2000 Pro. Only the following versions of Windows support Terminal Services or Remote Desktop connections:



Windows XP Professional

Windows Server 2003

Windows 2000 Server

Windows 2000 Advanced Server

Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition





Also be careful not to confuse Remote Desktop or Terminal Services (Remote Desktop is a form of Terminal Services for XP Pro) with Remote Access. Remote Access has to do with setting up a VPN that remote users can dial into to get access the to local network at the office.



The best way I know of to accomplish what you want is to use VNC. VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing and is designed from the ground up for one platform (ie Mac) to remotely control another computer of a different platform (ie Windows 2000 Pro).



The following links are to different Mac VNC clients:



Chicken of the VNC:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/cotvnc/



VNCDimension:

http://www.mdimension.com/page/VNCDimension?appNum=1&wosid=tMdCG7ccnut52cRX2IgtVM



VNCThing:

http://www.redstonesoftware.com/Download/VNCThing2.2.sit



Any one of the above should help you control a Windows 2000 machine.



If you want to do the reverse, control a Mac with a Windows machine then you need a Mac VNC server. This is the only one I know of for Mac:





http://www.redstonesoftware.com/vnc.html



For Windows I always use TightVNC which includes both a client and a server:



http://www.tightvnc.com/download.html





You'll want to set up your Windows machine as the VNC server and basic instructions on how to do this are here:



http://www.tightvnc.com/winst.html

Answer 2

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RE:

How to turn on Remote Access on Windows 2000 Pro?

I have a PC with Windows 2000 Professional on it and I want to access and run the computer from my Mac. I've checked out Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac but it can't connect and I'm not sure how to do it.



I've turned on what I believe to be the remote...

Answer 3

I may be wrong, but I don't think that Windows 2000 Pro had the Remote Desktop Connection feature -- you have to get XP for that.



Instead of that, try using one of the many flavors of VNC. I'm partial to TightVNC, which is open source and free:



http://www.tightvnc.com/



There are VNC clients for Mac as well. Google 'em up.

Answer 4

Windows 2000 pro doesn't support Remote Desktop.



If you want to remote control it, you have to use PC Anywhere, VNC, or some similar program.

Answer 5

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