I just have a server in my LAN, it is running windows 2003 and all other PCs are running XP. I want to monitor my server 24/7. How can I administer the server remotely over the internet? I know a remote access tool called RemotePC which will do this. Have any one tried it before?

Hello and welcome to PCHF Brylee.

I'm afraid I have never used RemotePC so I can't give you any 'reviews' on it, however I have used PCanywhere and this works quite well.
http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoff...pc_fax/pca115/

At the end of the day there is so much "remote access" software around these days that any of it should do what you want.

There is a 30 day trial of the product so might be worth testing it before buying it:
http://www.remotepc.com/download.htm

Hey brylee .

For a free solution, try LogMeIn (www.logmein.com). They also have a pro version. GoToMyPC is also very popular .

Ryan

I have tried Remote PC (the trial version) and i have to say that it works well. There are a lot of "pretenders" out there so be careful. You could do a lot worse than RemotePC. You could also try this: https://www.gotomypc.com/ - I have tried this product too and it is also very good.

Can't you also use Remote Desktop Connection, that comes with Windows XP? You don't have to buy it, either.

Hi,

I use RDP:

You do following steps:

goto your server
Right-click on "my computer"
choose properties
goto tab "remote"

and enable "Enable Remote Desktop on this computer"

Now, only administrators can use this, if you want to connect with a normal user id you need to change policy and have to buy Terminal server client eccess licenses. But I assume you are administrator.

you can test if this is working on your LAN by starting your RDP client (mstsc.exe) and enter the IP address of your server, you should be able to logon.
(Without terminal server CAL you can have 2 remote admin connection and 1 connection on the console.)

To be able to access this from remote you need your WAN IP address.

Now you need to configure port forewarding for : TCP Port 3389 from the internet to the IP address of your server.

If you don't have a fixed IP address to teh internet, you can goto www.dyndns.org and create a free dyndns account, so you can alway's retrieve your current IP address.

Be carefull, make sure your admin password is strong enough, so nobody can guess your password. :computer_

If you use this solution, you dan't have to worry about the client software because it's standard available in windows XP and for free downloadable from the microsoft website for any other windows version.

I hope this can help you!
Regards.