Have you looked into sharing the XP pro drive via a VPN? Rick Q [email protected]
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Jerry Foote <[email protected]> wrote: > If wife is logged with remote desktop the machine at the shop will be > locked > and wife will have control. > Jerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Rafael Copquin > Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 4:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: RDT and Windows XP Prof > > Maybe I wasn't clear in my first post. > > This is a very small client (His store I mean, he is taller than me :-) ). > > Just a store with only one computer (no network of any kind). > This computer is XP Prof and runs an invoicing system, built in VFP9SP2. > No SQL Server as a back end. > He has an idle wife at home and wants her to update pricelists, > products, etc. from home. Since she would be working during store hours, > the solution is either RDT or a VPN. > I have been making tests with Hamachi but it is slow in their scenario > (low band width), and I have been using RDT with Windows Server 2003 > very successfully with other clients, so I am confident with it. Because > this is a small client (ie, very little money and also a bit on the > stingy side) he won't purchase Windows Server. So I am stuck with XP Prof. > So, the situation is: employees using the one XP box to invoice > customers over the counter and at the same time, idle wife uses computer > from home to occupy herself productively. (perhaps this is a very > "macho" statement, so I apologize to the women in this forum, but this > is really the case) > > So, there you have it > > Regards > > Rafael > > > > > > El 30/08/2011 9:05, Charlie Coleman escribió: > > At 08:34 AM 8/30/2011 -0300, Rafael Copquin wrote: > >> Thanks for the input. I'll try this > > ... > >> El 30/08/2011 6:11, Alan Bourke escribió: > >>> http://lmgtfy.com/?q=xp+multiple+rdp+registry+hack > >>> > > ... > > It looks like you got your answer, but this perked my curiosity. > > > > If the controlling computer is on the same network, why wouldn't you just > > do the updates from that computer? If I recall, you said they were > updating > > databases, etc. If the database is on a database server (e.g. SQL Server, > > MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc) then the connection is probably going through > ODBC > > so any computer on the network could connect. If the database is a VFP > > database (or file-based DBMS) then I'd imagine it's located on a network > > drive which should also be available to computers on the network. Or, if > > the VFP database is only on the single machine, it would be possible to > > just share/map a drive to that computer from other computers on the > network. > > > > I'm not saying any one way is right or wrong, just curious what drove you > > to RDT. > > > > -Charlie > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cadazp2ngvg4mfla9wkwppeztak5ojbzqjmd+-aqtc2hvwfa...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
