excuseme I wrote
" usually any machine in your network can place an infected file within a
shared folder"
sorry I m wrong here, I remember it is not so for XP, so I m wrong on my
conclusions.
"xcal" <xcal79@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi LDL
>
> I remember that Vista requires to specify a user and a pasword for any
> network access to Vista from any computer. It is so or there are similar
> things involved, but, at least for example, you cant use shared folders
> directly. I can be wrong, I didnt make any test but I remember that. So,
> it doesnt matter if you have win 98, 2K or XP to establish the network,
> Vista behavior is the same, for me it is really a safer method, since
> usually any
> machine in your network can place an infected file within a shared folder,
> and usually, there are few persons that you "permit" access to your shared
> folders.
> It is safer but there is a price, to configure paswords, etc.
>
> Another viewpoint is that u re speaking about remote computing,
> and this is another very diferent thing. It depends on how you implement
> the conection and there are various ways to do it. For example,
> you can install LogMeIn on your Vista computer, and I believe
> you cant have any problem to access your computer from any
> Win98, NT,2k,Xp if both machines are connected to internet.
> Now, the point is that LogMeIn can have its own problems.
> Again, as you win some aditional thing, you have to pay some additional
> effort for it.
>
> hope this helps, Carlos.
>
>
>
> "LDL" <LDL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:802013CC-89DC-4D79-88D7-B6BD477BD644@microsoft.com...
> > Buying laptop with Vista Premium. Will that be compatible with my
work's
> > network which is Windows 2000? I want to be able to remote access work
> > network and perform wordprocessing, check email
> >
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