(Remote Desktop is a proprietary Microsoft technology that only works with Windows systems. You can view a Windows desktop from a Windows machine, and you can also view a Windows desktop from a Mac OS X machine (with Microsoft's Remote Desktop Client for Mac)... but you can't view a Mac OS X desktop from a Windows machine using Remote Desktop.
Apple makes its own "Remote Desktop" software, which is based off of VNC. You can only use it on Mac OS X, though, meaning you must use a Mac to view another Mac. You cannot use Apple's Remote Desktop software on a Windows machine.
Pretty much the only way you're going to get what you need is with VNC. There are several, free and commercial VNC viewers for Windows, including RealVNC, TightVNC, and others. A super-simple Google search for "VNC viewer" will get you what you need.
You then need to activate "Remote Management" in the Sharing pane of the System Preferences on the Mac. Under "Computer Settings..." you must specify a VNC password and enable "VNC viewers may control screen with password:".
That's it! You can now use a VNC viewer (set to 8-bit color) on your Windows machine to connect to and view the Mac using the Mac's IP address. If you're behind a router and/or Firewall on the Mac, you must open and forward the correct ports for VNC as well. If you're not familiar with port forwarding, more Google searches will get you pointed in the right direction for your particular brand of router and/or firewall. If both computers (Windows and Mac) are on the same network and not separated by any routers or firewalls, no port forwarding may be necessary, unless you've activated Mac OS X's own, internal firewall.)
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( OS X has a built in VNC server. Go into System Preferences, then Sharing, then click on the 'Apple Remote Desktop' listing, and click 'Access Privileges...' That will open up a sheet that lets you turn on VNC and specify a password. (Please note that even if VNC is on, you still have to turn on the main Remote Desktop checkbox.)
Then you need a VNC client. I use Chicken of the VNC on Mac OS machines, and either RealVNC or TightVNC on Windows.
Then you have to know your home machine's IP address, and if you have a router, make sure that your router is forwarding ports 3283 and 5900 to your internal machine. (Which means setting that machine on a static internal IP.)
If your internet connection gives you a dynamic IP address (which most home-level ones do,) then either you'll need to look up your 'external IP' address before leaving home every time you want to do this, or use a service that maps a domain name to your changing IP address, like dyndns.org (They are who I use for this very purpose.)
edit: Ah, as swiftaw mentions, you may really just want to access files, not the whole screen... If so, then ignore the whole VNC thing. You'll still want to use something like dyndns so you don't have to remember your IP address, if you have a static one. But instead of turning on Remote Desktop and forwarding the ports mentioned above, you will have to turn on Windows Sharing, and forward ports 137, 138, and 139. Then, to connect remotely, from your Windows machine, go to the Start menu, then choose 'Run' and type \\your.external.ip.address or \\your.dyndns.org.name (So, for example, if your external IP address was 4.2.2.4, you would type \\4.2.2.4 if your dyndns.org name was dxl007, you would type \\dxl007.dyndns.org )
Well Not Sure About this One But i think this Will Work Microsoft will announce The Remote Desktop Clint For Mac OS the link is Blow:
Remote Desktop For Mac OS to Access From Win Xp
Please Try It at your Own Risk and Let Us Know that this Will Work Or Not on Comments We All Will Be Waiting For an Angel Like You ;)
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