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<blockquote data-quote="hongman" data-source="post: 1261826" data-attributes="member: 206858"><p>Hi all</p><p></p><p>Just bought one of my clients an Apple iMac desktop all-in-one.</p><p></p><p>This will be his home PC, and I need to set it up so he can work from it remotely by connecting in via PPTP VPN.</p><p></p><p>I have also got Windows 7 Pro Retail and Parallels for Mac.</p><p></p><p>I'd appreciate some pointers on what or how I need to do things so it all works!</p><p></p><p>I am very familiar with Windows OS's but I have never really used a Mac at all, so I'm afraid you'll have to treat me like a 5yr old on this!</p><p></p><p>1. How do I set up a PPTP VPN (Server is Windows 2008 R2 using Routing and Remote Access)</p><p>2. How do I map a network drive?</p><p>3. How do I set default file associations for Word, Excel, etc to use the MS Office 2010 in Parallels?</p><p>4. The iMac comes with 4GB RAM. Is this sufficient to run both Windows 7 apps and Mac at the same time? No idea how resource hungry Mac OS is.</p><p>5. Does Parallels open a new window to work within ala RDP or does it do seamless application ala Citrix Apps?</p><p></p><p>As long as I can show my user how to:</p><p></p><p>1. Dial up VPN</p><p>2. Access network drive</p><p>3. Open/Print/Edit Word/Excel Docs</p><p>4. Access Outlook (Parallels) (Exchange 2010)</p><p></p><p>Then the rest he can figure out for himself, he's the one who insisted on a Mac!</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hongman, post: 1261826, member: 206858"] Hi all Just bought one of my clients an Apple iMac desktop all-in-one. This will be his home PC, and I need to set it up so he can work from it remotely by connecting in via PPTP VPN. I have also got Windows 7 Pro Retail and Parallels for Mac. I'd appreciate some pointers on what or how I need to do things so it all works! I am very familiar with Windows OS's but I have never really used a Mac at all, so I'm afraid you'll have to treat me like a 5yr old on this! 1. How do I set up a PPTP VPN (Server is Windows 2008 R2 using Routing and Remote Access) 2. How do I map a network drive? 3. How do I set default file associations for Word, Excel, etc to use the MS Office 2010 in Parallels? 4. The iMac comes with 4GB RAM. Is this sufficient to run both Windows 7 apps and Mac at the same time? No idea how resource hungry Mac OS is. 5. Does Parallels open a new window to work within ala RDP or does it do seamless application ala Citrix Apps? As long as I can show my user how to: 1. Dial up VPN 2. Access network drive 3. Open/Print/Edit Word/Excel Docs 4. Access Outlook (Parallels) (Exchange 2010) Then the rest he can figure out for himself, he's the one who insisted on a Mac! Thanks in advance. [/QUOTE]
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