I have two stand-alone notebooks (not on a domain) neither of which is
satisfactory and both of which run XP Pro. My Compaq is fast but the
screen is cracked and useless; my old Toshiba is slow (pentium II at
400mhz) but the screen is fine. Both are connectable via ethernet.
I'm thinking of attaching them together to make a heavy and bulky but
otherwise useful Frankenstein computer, with the Toshiba stacked on
top of the Compaq, connected by an ethernet cable, such that I could
run the Compaq via Remote Desktop from the Toshiba using the Toshiba's
keyboard and screen and the Compaq's processor and software. Is this
idea feasible? If so, how do I configure the two computers and OS's?
If it's not feasible then are there any other ways that I could use
the Toshiba's screen to make my broken Compaq useful again?

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Clarification of Question by wondrin-ga on 04 Apr 2004 06:23 PDT

> Surely, the most elegant solution would be to plug a standard desktop
monitor into the Compaq?

The Compaq is plugged into a desktop monitor now but I already have a
good desktop PC and don't need another one. My objective is to create
a single self-contained portable computer from my two marginally
useful notebooks.

But thanks for the comment!

Surely, the most elegant solution would be to plug a standard desktop
monitor into the Compaq?

Second-hand monitors are now dirt cheap, at least here in the UK.

On host computer:

Control panel>System>Remote Tab

Click Remote Desktop (allow users to connect remotly)

On Client:

Start>Run>mstsc.exe

Enter the IP of the host computer using Administrator for username and
whatever password you used when you installed it (or blank if that is
the case) You can use accounts and password that you made on the host
also.

Notes:

There are options in mstsc.exe that you can bring sounds over and other settings.

Remote desktop can not forword DirectX3D over Remote Destop (Hence you
can not play games)


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