Vista Ultimate can act as a Remote Desktop host. The software is built-in to
the OS and is free. If your home PC is behind a router you need to use a
static IP for that PC on your LAN and forward TCP Port 3389 through the
router to that PCs LAN IP address. Call from a remote site, ie. a friends
house for example, using the public IP of your router.

For Vista to Vista connections with Remote Desktop see this page for my
suggestions...

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

Note you can not use NLA with XP...

Basic help, hints, etc. This page was written for XP but the practices are
the same.

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

More help for Vista...

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/win...Remote+Desktop

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Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights...
The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com



"santa-barbara4796" wrote:

I'm interested in the ability to securely connect my home PC similar to how I
connect to my work computer with GoToMyPC. The Vista Ultimate support
information mentions remote access to corporate infrastructure, but I'm not
sure it that's equivalent to remote access to my home PC. Can anyone clarify
if Vista Ultimate will do what I'm interested in... and if not, what would
you suggest (preferably less expensive than using GoToMyPC)?