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Using Remote Desktop on Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Microsoft Windows XP Professional includes the Remote Desktop feature that allows you to access a computer using the Remote Desktop Protocol. You can use Secure Global Desktop and Remote Desktop, for example, to give users to access their office PC when they are out of the office.

You should ensure that the Remote Desktop connection on the Windows XP host is working before introducing Secure Global Desktop. See Get started using Remote Desktop with Windows XP Professional for details.

To configure Secure Global Desktop for use with Remote Desktop:

• Create a host object for each Windows XP host.
• Create Windows application objects.
  • Only full Windows desktop sessions are supported. You cannot run a specific application on the Windows XP host.
  • Seamless windows are not supported.
  • To ensure users access their own PC, you may have to create separate Windows application objects for each Windows XP host.
• To use client drive mapping, install the Sun Secure Global Desktop Enhancement Module for Windows on the Windows XP host.

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