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windows - allowing remote desktop machine to access local files

Hi, currently i have two machines A and B... both are running WinXP.

I am on machine A and using mstsc to connect to machine B. Now, how can i see from machine B the cdrom, usb, disk drives of machine A? even more if connect any usb to machine A can it be automatically detected by machine B also?

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You have the option of sharing local resources.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/mstsc_map_local_drives.mspx?mfr=true

Moron  2010-02-05 01:51:52
hi Moron, in that link it says that to go "In the Remote Desktop Connection window, click Options"... where in that window, i cannot see it anywhere?
kl  2010-02-05 02:03:36
Sorry, I don't have an XP machine handy atm. Perhaps you can post a snapshot. btw, people are right. This question should not be here. Perhaps superuser or whatever the equivalent is.
Moron  2010-02-05 03:04:54
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cdrom, usb, disk drives: 1. NetBIOS or OpenSSH/SSHFS. usb Try some USB redirector to access non-storage USB devices

Vi  2010-02-05 01:55:36

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