Remote Desktop Windows XP to Imac

Hello, I just bought a imac . I have an older Windows XP pro. laptop. Can you remotely access a imac from a Windows XP laptop ?
Thank you ,Brandon

I tried teamviewer but can't put a password on the computer so I don't have to be by the imac . Do you know how to have a preset password on the mac . I figured it out on the windows side . Maybe I need to download a different application from teamviwer for the mac ? I downloaded TeamViewer (full version) for mac v3.6.4564 (English) Is there something I'm missing ?
Thanks Brandon

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This is weird, I can drag it as my mind without any obstruction.
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Hello,
Thank you for your post.
“The VM has test agent and controller installed on it, but I am not using them right now to run the tests.”
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Using SQL stored procedures How to get the list of .rar files from e:\Tempbackup directories from the different remote desktop windows server and delete the .rar files which contains the current month and date

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Every month i need to find the list of .rar files from the
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I don't have a wireless keyboard or mouse for my 2007 iMac, is there any way that can use remote desktop and access it from my 2010mbp.

i don't have a wireless keyboard or mouse for my 2007 iMac, is there any way that can use remote desktop and access it from my 2010mbp

Hi champrider,
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This help page will provide you with some other useful resources for Apple Remote Desktop -
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Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
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I have set up new iMac with OSX.8.3 and released the remote administration as I did before on many other devices.
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Thanks a lot for your help
TeenTitan wrote:
while connect to the local network.
is the computer on and awake when you try to connect?
Yes it is
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its correctly done
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Will try it
if still no, is the user your try to connect with listed in remote management?
Yes it is listed (however I checked the option for all user)
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Will try that
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I was creating already a new user, no improvement
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Will try that
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