Original title: REMOTE DESKTOP WIN7 PRO TO WIN XP SP3 HOME EDITION. I am trying to connect to a Win XP Home Edition SP3 Laptop from a Win7 Pro over WLAN & Gigabit network. It always brings up this: Remote Desktop can't connect to the remote computer for one of these reasons: 1) Remote access to the server is not enabled. 2)The Remote computer is turned off. 3) The remote computer is not available on the network Make sure the remote computer is turned on & connected to the network, and that remote access is enabled. DETAILS: Windows XP Home Edition SP3 with RDP File Version: 6.0.6001.18589 Windows 7 Professional with RDP Version: 6.1.7601.17514 I have also tried to download and install latest RDP from Microsoft website and it starts to install goes upto 65% and then I get a popup saying: 'Remote desktop connection cannot be installed because your operating system already has a built-in version.

I read and hear a lot of questions about why Remote Desktop Connection 6.1. Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) 6.1. 7601, supports RDP 7.1 and. Remote Desktop Connection (RDP) / Microsoft Terminal Server. The following table outlines the different versions of the Remote Desktop.

See All programs Accessories Communications Remote Desktop Connections on your start menu.' The Windows XP laptop doesnt have a wifi card so I use a linksys WUSB100 V2. With my Linkysys WRT610N however the Windows 7 is mostly over gigabit ethernet with the router. I have tried to run RDP on WLAN & ethernet both. Please help.!! P. Book Drivers Theory Test Ireland. S.: I would like to access WinXP laptop from my Win7 Pro laptop.

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This article reads like a rather than an encyclopedic description of the subject. Please help to make it in tone and meet Wikipedia's. (May 2014) Remote Desktop Protocol ( RDP) is a developed by, which provides a user with a to connect to another computer over a network connection. The user employs RDP client software for this purpose, while the other computer must run RDP server software. Clients exist for most versions of (including ),,,,,, and other. RDP servers are built into Windows operating systems; an RDP server for Unix and OS X also exists.

By default, the server listens on 3389 and port 3389. Microsoft currently [ ] refers to their official RDP client software as, formerly 'Terminal Services Client'. The protocol is an extension of the application sharing protocol.

This article may not properly its corresponding main article. Please by rewriting it in an. () Every version of Microsoft Windows from Windows XP onwards includes an installed Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) ('Terminal Services') client ( mstsc.exe) whose version is determined by that of the operating system or by the last applied Windows Service Pack. The Terminal Services server is supported as an official feature on Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition,, all editions of except Windows XP Home Edition,,, on, in Ultimate, Enterprise and Business editions, and Windows Server 2008 R2 and on Windows 7 Professional and above. [ ] Microsoft provides the client required for connecting to newer RDP versions for downlevel operating systems.

Since the server improvements are not available downlevel, the features introduced with each newer RDP version only work on downlevel operating systems when connecting to a higher version RDP server from these older operating systems, and not when using the RDP server in the older operating system. [ ] Version 4.0 [ ] Based on the T.128 application sharing protocol (during draft also known as 'T.share') from the recommendation series, the first version of RDP (named version 4.0) was introduced by Microsoft with 'Terminal Services', as a part of their product Server, Terminal Server Edition.