On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Marko Vojinovic <vvmarko at panet.co.yu> wrote: > Sorry for an off topic post, but a lot of you folks are >sysadmins here or > there, and just might have a suggestion... ;-) > I have a WinXP machine that is to be unattended for a >period of 3 years (yes, > I know, it sounds ridiculous, but still...). What I need is >remote access to > it to perform regular system maintenance, virus >cleanups, occasional software > installations, reboots, config changes, etc. We have 3 boxes with WinXP Home Edition on them. Two are dual boot, with CentOS 5.2 (32 bit). There is something in WinXP Home Edition, to allow remote access. I assume the Professional version has it too. Before you get more complex, I suggest that you read up on what that permits you to do. Glad you do not need the box to be up for 3 years, without a reboot! :-) Hopefully, the HW will not fail.. ...