Microsoft has released a new version of the Remote Desktop Client that is compatible with some of the new features of Vista. It is available for Windows XP, and 2003.

Some of the new features:

· Network Level Authentication
· Server Authentication
· Plug and Play redirection
· TS Gateway support
· Monitor Spanning
· 32-bit color and font smoothing

To install the new version you can go to windows update, or visit one of these locations that are appropriate for your version of Windows:

Windows XP

Windows XP x64

Windows 2003

Windows 2003 x64

I would suggest updating. It could be just me, but it seems to be a little bit snappier than the older version. Plus it supports the new spanning multi monitor feature that I wrote about earlier.

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