>When doing a remote desktop connection to a XP Pro laptop, I cannot get a smooth font on the screen. This is difficult to read. The option is checked however. But, checking it on or off doesn't do much. Is it normal that from Windows 7 to XP Pro, that we cannot get a clean quality on the font?
How many bits per pixel do you have on remote desktop? You might be getting into a 256-colour mode which probably won't have antialiasing.