remote desktop, Windows XP Pro <- Mac OS X 10.4

Hi again,

On the Mac, System Preferences>Sharing>Services tab, do you have Apple Remote Desktop enabled?

Try turning off the Firewall completely on the Mac for a test.

I didn't think that it was possible to use Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection on a PC to talk to a Mac a la screen share mode. Have you ever done that before on other PC-to-Mac connections? I think that you will need to get a regular VNC client for the PC in order to remote screen share the Mac. I don't know anything about WIndows VNC clients, but I'm talking about getting something that is equivalent to (Macintosh) Chicken of the VNC or JollysFastVNC.

Then on the Mac, in Sys Prefs Sharing, you need to click on Apple Remote Desktop, and as I recall (I haven't had Tiger for over a year now), there was an Advanced button where you would configure VNC-specific login information).

Timbuktu purportedly has, or used to have, a cross-platform solution for sale. Not the most inexpensive solution, though. Haven't used it, so can't comment on the efficacy of such an approach, either. You need a copy of TB2 on each machine.

You might need Remote Desktop Services, in addition to the Client on the Mac...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RemoteDesktopServices

Didn't realize they charged for it... guess I'll have to startup a XP PC later tonight to figure it out, (UHHHGGG). 😉

The only free one for Windows® that I can find is...

http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/download.html

Have you tried that one?

Worked on Leo anyway, can try Tiger later if need be...

Good news then! 🙂