me and my fiance use quicken. It is installed on my laptop. what can i do so she has access via internet?

Question

Problem with remote desktop, is I have xp home. i dont really want to use pro on my laptop, because i actually own this copy for once.

Answer 1

Do you mean from one computer to the other? If so, you need to enable sharing of the files. You will see that option to share a folder of file when you right-click a folder and click properties.

Answer 2

If you are talking about having her access the laptop from a remote location via the internet she can use Remote Desktop Connection which comes with Windows XP Pro.

Right click on My Computer, choose Properties, then Remote. Ensure that the "Allow uses to connect remotely to this computer" box is checked.

Now you will need to know your IP address. If you have dial up I would forget this whole thing as the process would be unbearably slow. But if you have a DSL or cable connection then you can click on Start then Run and type in CMD.

In the command box type in ipconfig /all and you will see your IP address.

Your fiance from her remote location would then open up Remote Desktop by clicking Start then Programs then Accessories and Remote Desktop Connection should be there. Type in the IP address and the system will connect to the laptop from her location as if she was sitting at the laptop.

You can do this regardless of whether you have a dedicated or non-dedicated IP address but if it is non-dedicate you would need to either always tell her what the IP address is or use a dynamic DNS service.

Answer 3

Basically, you can't. Or rather, to do so you need to have a permanent IP that she can connect to rather than the one you almost certainly have now which changes everytime you log on. You want to behave like an internet server. Getting a permanent IP with most ISP's costs more money as it reduces their flexibility to reuse IP's.