Log in to a Windows XP remote desktop through Mac OS X
You can login to a Windows XP machine that has remote desktop from a Mac. This is a software package available from Microsoft. I downloaded the HQX version.
The Microsoft site says that the package is for PowerPC processor Macs but if you have an Intel Mac it doesn't really matter because the Intel Macs will emulate the PowerPC processor automagically. I'm on an Intel MacBook Pro and the Remote Desktop Client works fine for me. Most Mac people know this already, I didn't.
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Access windows desktop totally remotely
I used the Windows Remote Desktop Connection to access my work machine for a while but the crappy part about it was I had to VPN into the corporate firewall all the time and it was pretty slow.
My co-workers always told me to get a GoToMyPC Account from the IT manager because it worked way better. I never got around to it but the people that used the GoToMyPC service swore by it.