The eighteenth video tip from PCWizKid. Control remotely over a network connection your Windows Vista or XP computer. Get access to your Vista applications or data stored on a remote computer from your XP PC. This tip applies to Windows Vista Ultimate, Business and XP Pro.

Consider the following scenario.

• You type a keyboard shortcut on a Windows Vista-based computer.
• You are working in a Terminal Services session that was started by using Remote Desktop Connection 6.0 (RDC 6.0).

In this scenario, some keys in the keyboard shortcut may remain active. Therefore, in the Terminal Services session of the Remote Desktop window, some later keystrokes are interpreted as part of the previous keyboard shortcut. For example, this problem occurs if the following conditions are true:

• You lock the local computer by pressing “Windows logo key” + L.
• You unlock the local computer.
• The Remote Desktop window is in the full-screen mode.
• The Remote Desktop window is active.

When you press any key, various Windows keyboard shortcuts occur in the Terminal Services session. For example, when you press E in the Terminal Services session, Windows Explorer starts.

Consider the following scenario. You establish a Remote Desktop connection to a mobile PC that is running Windows Vista. In the Remote Desktop session, you open Windows Mobility Center on the mobile PC. However, you find that you cannot interact with certain tiles in Windows Mobility Center. For example, you cannot use the Wireless Network tile to turn off the wireless connection. Or, you cannot use the Screen Orientation tile on a Tablet PC.