I do have a wifi network at home that consist of a wired desktop, laptop and
a printer. In addition I have another laptop where I connect through wifi.
When I am away I access my desktop remotely via my static IP from my ISP
through port forwarding. I am running Windows XP-Pro on all my workstations.
I have hard drives that are shared within my network including file and
printer sharing.

My question is - is there a way to be able to drag and drop files within the
shared drives while connected via remote access. Example is if I am in Los
Angeles and connected to my desktop in Las Vegas via remote access, can I
open the My Documents directories on my laptop and desktop and drag and drop
files between the two workstations. Aside from drag and drop is there such a
configuration scheme to possibly do such task.

You have been great in helping me and I hope you can help me on this one
too. I thank you in advance.

Mike

You can use Remote desktop with sharing so that you can map your laptop drive on the remote computer.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
  I do have a wifi network at home that consist of a wired desktop, laptop and
  a printer. In addition I have another laptop where I connect through wifi.
  When I am away I access my desktop remotely via my static IP from my ISP
  through port forwarding. I am running Windows XP-Pro on all my workstations.
  I have hard drives that are shared within my network including file and
  printer sharing.

  My question is - is there a way to be able to drag and drop files within the
  shared drives while connected via remote access. Example is if I am in Los
  Angeles and connected to my desktop in Las Vegas via remote access, can I
  open the My Documents directories on my laptop and desktop and drag and drop
  files between the two workstations. Aside from drag and drop is there such a
  configuration scheme to possibly do such task.

  You have been great in helping me and I hope you can help me on this one
  too. I thank you in advance.

  Mike

In addition to Bob's comments you might look at using a Secure Shell (SSH)
tunnel if you just want access to files on the PC and not taking control
like you would with Remote Desktop. The SSH tunnel is totally encrypted from
the get-go end-to-end. I recommend using the copSSH package for the server
and WinSCP as the client. Use a *STRONG* password or better yet a
private/public key pair protected by a strong password for authentication.

http://www.itefix.no/phpws/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=12&MMN_position=22:22
http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/Ssh/SecureYourcopSSHServer.html

http://winscp.net/eng/index.php

You can, if you wish, also use Remote Desktop through the SSH tunnel...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/Ssh/RemoteDesktopSSH.html

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