December 18, 2010
How do I set up my laptop as a thin client to my WinXP tower?
I want to make my desktop computer (server) to take the workload and storage requirements from my laptop (thin client) over my home network. I have WinXP Pro on the desktop and the laptop can be whatever, but free, open source solutions are preferred.
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Turn on Remote Desktop on the tower, and then connect from your client laptop using Remote Desktop Client (Windows) or rdesktop (Linux) or CoRD (Mac).
Make sure you have a great network bandwidth. And you can run them by sharing the applications or by a remote desktop program.
You can share any disk or folder on the server by right-clicking on it and choosing the ‘Sharing and Security . . .’ menu. Go ahead and click on the “If you know the risks….” yada yada link. It’s OK.
Check the box to share the disk on the network, and give it a meaningful name. Also check the box that allows read/write access. When you hit OK, go to the laptop and look under My Computer / My Network Places and the folder on the server will show up there. You can make a shortcut of the shared disk and put it on the laptop’s desktop.
You can share as many folders as you want