Ok here's the deal...

(1) I have my pc running XP Pro...

(2) I have a PC at a bowling center running XP Home

I need to establish a connection to send files to the pc at the bowling center daily. (Not via email. I need total control.

PC Anywhere could do it, but costs $199.99

Remote desktop will not work with the XP Home editions.

Any thoughts?

Tim

If the bowling centre has broadband, set up an ftp server on it.

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OK, but how............not really the network guy that I thought I was....

What I would do is register a URL and get hosting with it. Have some FTP software on both machines and simply use the space to upload/ download files.

JAck may have a more suitable way, though

You can get some free software that basically makes your PC an ftp server. You can then get a free ftp program, and log onto the alley PC from your home PC anytime you want. This is by far the cheapest way of doing it, although it will entail keeping the bowling alley PC on whenever you would need to transfer data. The only cost would be the electricity of keeping the PC running (if you choose to have it on 24 hours a day) as the ftp server program is free (and very good, I used to use it to get school work from home if I'd forgotten to take it to school) and the ftp software to connect to the server will also be free.

edit: spelling

Free, now that's what I am talking about. Would I have to register anything or jsut logon to the ftp server.

Power is not the issue, it is the menu board of current events that would be running anyway.

Any link to the server software?

Thanks Jack and Disco

Nope. Simply setup the software on the alley PC, write down the account info, then use the account at home to login to it. The place where I found it is currently down (its on modblog and their doing maintenance at the moment) but as soon as its back up, I'll post the link.

The FTP server way seems to be the best if you just want to send files back and forth.
A guy at work uses a free DNS service to fetch his home IP address, then he plugs that IP in his FTP client and is able to log in using the login/password set by the FTP server software.
Look here for free DNS server thingies.
If you're looking for a remote administration type of program (to say, reboot the computer you're trying to access remotely) I've used this program. It works well on low-speed connections, too.
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I'm gonna recommend a program called FolderShare. There is a free version available from FolderShare.com [ clicky ]

Easier than ftp, just set it up on both pcs and it will automatically syncronise two folders. You'll need a couple of ports open on the firewall but apart from that it should work just fine for what you're after

Hope that helps!

if you have xp pro on your home machine you could just use the build in ftp server in iis...

ooor you could share the folders you need to access with regular windows sharing, and then access your home computers share folder with
\\your ip

or you could buy a sharepoint server license and set it up on your home computer

don't you need windows server 2003 to run sharepoint?

I'm pretty sure that you can run Remote Desktop as long as the computer that's the server has XP Pro. The computers that connect to it can have any version of Windows.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/m...ty/default.mspx