Remote Desktop with multi-monitor support in XP?

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Published on 2010-01-22T12:30:18Z Indexed on 2010/03/17 3:41 UTC
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In Windows 7 I get the following checkbox option in Remote Desktop options:

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Is there any way to update my Remote Desktop / Terminal Services on my XP (SP3) machine to the same version so I can have multi-monitor support there too?

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