I have a small home network of 5 computer a mix of Vista and XP. I want to
share the Windows Vista users desktop on my network. I know it shouldn't be
done but I'm a fan of dragging and dropping thing from one computer to the
other and i like to place the stuff right on the desktop of the other
computer so when I move to that system it's right there. Can someone tell me
how to do that in vista? thanks Rodger

If your running Vista Ultimate/Business editions then Remote Desktop
would work. If your running Vista Home/Basic editions look at Virtual
Network Computing [VNC] as an alternative.

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.or...endations.html

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.or...eshooting.html

http://www.uvnc.com/

If you were running an all Vista network then Windows Meeting Space
would be an alternative.

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/win...+meeting+space

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"Rodger" wrote in message
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I have a small home network of 5 computer a mix of Vista and XP. I want
to
share the Windows Vista users desktop on my network. I know it
shouldn't be
done but I'm a fan of dragging and dropping thing from one computer to
the
other and i like to place the stuff right on the desktop of the other
computer so when I move to that system it's right there. Can someone
tell me
how to do that in vista? thanks Rodger

I'm not trying to use remote desktop. Over my home network I want to access
the desktop of my other computers, I can do it with XP. Vista when I go into
the \\dad\desktop I get an error which reads "\\dad\desktop is not
accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource.
Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access
permissions". All my vista computers are Home Premium. So I think i've
figured out the folder to share just having trouble with permissions. I share
other folders on the same computer just can't share that one
(c:\users\owner\desktop).

"Sooner Al [MVP]" wrote:

If your running Vista Ultimate/Business editions then Remote Desktop
would work. If your running Vista Home/Basic editions look at Virtual
Network Computing [VNC] as an alternative.

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.or...endations.html

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.or...eshooting.html

http://www.uvnc.com/

If you were running an all Vista network then Windows Meeting Space
would be an alternative.

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/win...+meeting+space

--

Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows – Desktop User Experience)

Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the
mutual benefit of all of us...
The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights...
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

"Rodger" wrote in message
...
I have a small home network of 5 computer a mix of Vista and XP. I want
to
share the Windows Vista users desktop on my network. I know it
shouldn't be
done but I'm a fan of dragging and dropping thing from one computer to
the
other and i like to place the stuff right on the desktop of the other
computer so when I move to that system it's right there. Can someone
tell me
how to do that in vista? thanks Rodger