RDP

rctneil · 17 Nov 2008 at 17:52

Hey,
I have set a couple of old pc's up with which I am having a go at mapping drives and Remote Desktop Connections as those are two things I ahve never done before and thought I would give them a go. I have the Remote Desktop working but how can I copy a file from the remote computer to the host computer over RDP?

Also, I ahve set a password for the main user on the remote computer. If when not using RDP that I boot the pc as normal, how can I get it to head straight to the desktop bypassing the password screen?

Thanks

Regards,
Neil

csmager · 17 Nov 2008 at 18:35

Not sure about the first part, as I'd just do it using shared folders.

Re the second part, you can change registry settings to auto login. This tool does it for you, but you need to make sure it runs with admin privileges (particularly in Vista)

http://www.xfutureblog.com/2007/03/08/how-to-configure-windows-xp-vista-auto-login-to-windows/

rctneil · 17 Nov 2008 at 18:37

Thankyou

PaulyD · 17 Nov 2008 at 19:58

For the first part i don't believe this is possible, if the file is small just email it to yourself.

Another solution is install a FTP server on your home PC and use FTP to transfer the file across?

rctneil · 17 Nov 2008 at 20:00

I solved the first issue by mapping one of the remotes drives onto my pc and trasnferring it accross that way. I thgouht there was something like Virtual PC addons to allow you to transfer files easily with a drag and drop but obviously not so thanks anyway.

Beerbaron · 17 Nov 2008 at 20:10

You can put your hdds on share so you can access them to copy files

load RDP (username,password screen), click options, local resources, more, tick your drives