Comments on: Remote desktop from osx to vista

Question: Remote desktop from osx to vista

shawnzam — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:30:18 -0800

Can you remote into a vista machine from a mac running os x?

Using Microsoft Remote Terminal Services Client for OS X can I remote into a vista machine?

Thanks!

By: iamabot

iamabot — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:34:37 -0800

There is a remote desktop client for MacOS.

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/otherproducts/otherproducts.aspx?pid=remotedesktopclient

By: shawnzam

shawnzam — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:36:25 -0800

I am aware of the software, but will it allow access to a Vista machine?

By: Cat Pie Hurts

Cat Pie Hurts — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:44:21 -0800

It SHOULD work w/ Vista, as long as you have RD perms on the Vista box.

I wouldn't bother with the MS client. GO for CoRD instead.
It's UB and much better than the MS client.

By: humblepigeon

humblepigeon — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:57:02 -0800

It SHOULD work w/ Vista, as long as you have RD perms on the Vista box.

Doesn't Vista introduce new security to Remote Desktop? IIRC you have to switch down to the older type of security on the Vista machine so that non-Vista clients can connect. I doubt Microsoft's Mac RD client will connect to the new protocol because it doesn't list Vista as being compatible.

By: humblepigeon

humblepigeon — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:00:44 -0800

To carry on from my comment above:

On the Vista machine you want to connect to, click Start, then right-click Computer. Click Properties and then click the Remote Settings link on the left-hand side. In the dialog that appears, click Allow Connections from Computers Running Any Version of Remote Desktop (Less Secure). Then click Apply.

By: Cat Pie Hurts

Cat Pie Hurts — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:19:28 -0800

d0h...humblepigeon has it.
When I originally tried it against a Vista box, I forgot that I had changed the settings to the less secure ones