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Networking question: Win 7 remote desktop + VPN

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Cakemeister:
Hello,

I have a Windows 7 box and a Windows XP box. The XP box is headless. I would like to use Windows Remote Desktop to get into the XP box and then use VPN to log onto work. This is because any machine logging onto the corporate network has to be super clean, ie. no P2P, etc.

Anyway, the remote desktop part works. But when the VPN connection is established from the XP box, the remote desktop connection is severed. This makes sense, I guess, because there is a new IP address for the XP box.

Is there any way to do what I am trying to do?

TIA,
CM

ChadTower:

Can you reestablish the remote desktop connection after the VPN is in place?

2600:
Can you use a virtual machine instead of a dedicated XP box?

ChadTower:

What is the difference between the two for this purpose?  VPN is still going to redo the IP.

2600:
No remote desktop.  You can run the VM from the Windows 7 box and actually use the "XP box" instead of having to remote desktop into the XP box.  The VM will get a new IP, but at that point it's behind the scenes and doesn't matter.

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