RemoteApp on Windows XP
We are using a very old DOS-based system here in the office that is critical to our operations. Unfortunately, it requires IPX protocol and since it's only available on Windows XP (or Windows 2000/2003 servers), I can't upgrade our users' computers to Win 7 or 8. With Window XP now at it's end of support, I need to start migrating to the newer OSes. Short of setting up XP-mode on each one of the new computers, I found a way to make the DOS-based program still available by setting up a Windows XP box as a Terminal Server and using remoteApp to make it appear as if they are only opening the application and not a Remote Desktop session. So what needs to be installed are: Install Microsoft's official Update for Windows XP SP3 to enable RemoteApp To simplify the setup, instead of manually changing registries and modifying RDP files, I opted to use this very handy tool call RemoteAppTool from Kim Knight. You can download here . Once those are installed, logon to the termi...