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Fun with layers! I am sitting with my computer at home, connected to a server at work like this:

1. My computer is a MacBook Pro running OS X.
2. It is running a virtual machine in Parallels Desktop.
3. The virtual machine is running Windows XP.
4. Windows has a VPN client connected to my work.
5. I am controlling my Windows 2000 PC at work using PC Anywhere.
6. My PC at work is connected to the server at work using a Microsoft Remote Desktop connection.
7. The server is a VMWare virtual guest running Windows Server 2003.

That’s three computers, five operating systems (counting VMWare ESX) and a couple of network layers (VPN to the network at work over virtual Ethernet on Parallels connected to WiFi and cable broadband).

Yes, I know that I can remote to the server direct from Windows XP in Parallels (after connecting via the VPN) but that would spoil the fun, wouldn’t it?