Transfer file using Remote Desktop Connection

[ljCharlie]

When using Windows XP's remote desktop connection to connect to my home computer, is there an option or a way to transfer files or folders of files? If there is, where do I set that option?

Thank you,

ljCharlie

[demandred55]

You can turn on drive mapping in the local resources tab on the RDP connection. This will let you access the drives of the machine you are working on from within the RDP desktop.

[ljCharlie]

Thank you, I just saw that. Is it secure mapping like that and transfering files?

ljCharlie

[demandred55]

I don't know how secure it is. I assume it's as secure as the RDP connection itself. Personally, I would only turn it on when I want to do file transfers because it does slow down the initialization of the connection as well as the possible security threat. The only other ways I can think of would be to set up an FTP server or use a VPN connection with sharing. I couldn't really tell you how set these up as I'm not a sys admin. but I have used all three of these methods here at work.

[cobra]

or use tsdropcopy from analogx.com

[ljCharlie]

Thanks! Is VPN different than RDC? If so, what are the diferences and is it available in Windows XP Pro or is it a third party software?

Cobra, is tsdropcopy a free and secure is that? Do you know?

ljCharlie

[demandred55]

Well, VPN allows you to create a connection to a remote computer that is basically the same as if you were on the same network. You can use network neighborhood or run \\machine_name\share_name which will open an explorer window for that shared folder. There is a microsoft client, which is the most popular, but I don't know whether XP allows you to host a VPN session or not. There are also thrid-party clients like Cisco but they require special software on both machines. The standard microsoft VPN client (for connecting to the VPN host) is included in most Windows versions. Like I said, I'm not a Sys Admin so I never set these things up, just use them.

[ljCharlie]

I see. Thank you.

ljCharlie