remote desktop

pepps007 · 15 Aug 2008 at 18:29

want to control my laptop via my desktop both running vista home im a complete newb any1 know of a simple program ?

Dracata · 15 Aug 2008 at 18:59

VNC:

http://www.realvnc.com

Install VNC Server on the computer you want to control and set a password

Install VNC Viewer on the other computer, and enter the VNC Server machine IP address to connect

SentineL-X · 15 Aug 2008 at 19:15

VNC doesn't work on Vista.

Try using Logmein or use Remote Desktop

Dracata · 15 Aug 2008 at 19:27

SentineL-X said:
VNC doesn't work on Vista.

Try using Logmein or use Remote Desktop

VNC Free Edition doesn't, VNC EE/PE does.

Try it out with the 30-day free trial, if you like, buy.

indyskyz · 15 Aug 2008 at 22:12

urm remote desktop!!

click start. and in the search box type remote desktop connection

very simple and easy to use

jbloggs · 15 Aug 2008 at 22:25

indyskyz said:
urm remote desktop!!

click start. and in the search box type remote desktop connection

very simple and easy to use

This is what I did, quite straighforward....

swinnie · 15 Aug 2008 at 22:26

Vista Home Premium cannot host an RDC session I thought?

ns400r · 15 Aug 2008 at 22:29

swinnie said:
Vista Home Premium cannot host an RDC session I thought?

Not with out some hacking.

indyskyz · 15 Aug 2008 at 22:39

swinnie said:
Vista Home Premium cannot host an RDC session I thought?

well if it cant then that sucks

even XP Home has remote desktop (with the help of SP2)

Edit: its true although the 1st search result on google renders a fix

Vista Home Premium actually includes fully-featured Remote Desktop service, it is just broken by design.

swinnie · 16 Aug 2008 at 00:23

ns400r said:
Not with out some hacking.

Which is surely illegal.

indyskyz · 16 Aug 2008 at 11:38

swinnie said:
Which is surely illegal.

I would not call it hacking, there is a reg edit and a couple of services that have to be started

your enabling a service that is built in
hardly illegal!! lol

MiNxYyY · 16 Aug 2008 at 16:15

Teamviewer is good,i use it a lot.

lumpeh · 16 Aug 2008 at 18:25

I use radmin as its very snappy and functions great with virtual machine mouse/kb grabbing.

swinnie · 16 Aug 2008 at 18:32

MiNxYyY said:
Teamviewer is good,i use it a lot.

Even for a local network?

Skeeter · 17 Aug 2008 at 23:40

Has anyone got a decent guide to getting RDC/Terminal Services working in Home Premium. I cant for the life of me get it going on my new machine. Ive tried reg entries and changing the dll and services, everything.

Cheers

Domo · 17 Aug 2008 at 23:46

What about totomypc? Endorsed and invested in by that nice tall chap from Dragons Den?

bledd · 18 Aug 2008 at 02:06

indyskyz said:
even XP Home has remote desktop (with the help of SP2)

mother's life?

Uhtred · 18 Aug 2008 at 09:06

logmein is far better than vnc and it's free on vista

Dracata · 18 Aug 2008 at 16:46

Zap said:
logmein is far better than vnc and it's free on vista

Logmein is based on the original VNC Free Edition codebase, I don't doubt it outperforms legacy VNC or VNC Free Edition, but VNC Enterprise Edition outperforms it by far