Remote acccess software

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:10 am **Post subject:** Remote acccess software

Can anyone recommend some remote access software, preferably as simple as possible to connect from one PC to another where no software needs to be installed on the "workstation"

I'm looking @
Laplink Everywhere
PC Anywhere
http://www.gotomypc.com
and https://secure.logmein.com/go.asp?page=home

has anyone used any of these?

Logmein looks like the best bet, and it's free(!)

Opinions please

wargand · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:55 am **Post subject:**

Tried the internet explorer already?

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:59 am **Post subject:**

Eh??

Very cryptic this morning wargand

wargand · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:25 am **Post subject:**

Isn't the IE the standard remote access tool for windoze?

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:27 am **Post subject:**

aah, sorry I see what you mean.

I was hoping for a little more

tweye · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:52 am **Post subject:**

is it technically possible to take control of a machine without installing some sort of server-side application?

btw i use tightVNC.
Another solution is to install OpenSSH (sshd) and access it with WinSCP.

(i'm assuming you run windows...)

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:56 am **Post subject:**

serverside is fine, it's workstation side i want nothing installed on

How easy is tightVNC? and yes I'm running windows.

tweye · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:12 pm **Post subject:**

sorry, yeah, workstation is client-side :wacky:

i'm using tightvnc on linux and it's very simple. about windows, i only tested the standalone client, but the docs say:

Quote:

Both the Unix and Windows versions of TightVNC servers include small
built-in HTTP server which can serve Java viewer to Web clients. This
enables easy Web access to the shared desktop without need to install
any software on the client computer.

i know.. an applet is not the best of all worlds (i dont even know if java is still supported by IE )

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:17 pm **Post subject:**

It's worth a look, I'm going to try logmein first to see how that goes, but TightVNC will help me out on another project :beerchug:

Java is supported still with software from sun.

Purple.Nightmare · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:20 pm **Post subject:**

TightVNC gets my vote too, very easy to use

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:23 pm **Post subject:**

mmm, ok I'll take a look at that first then

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 5:23 pm **Post subject:**

you can't access another pc without some server to handle requests. That's what server client means, you need a server and a client. And remote access is server client by definition.

Windows has terminal services installed by default, you can use that.

I use VNC to connect into linux @ uni and computers on my lan.... you need a server running on the client pc.

Citrix I use to connect into windows @ uni

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 5:59 pm **Post subject:**

spudthedestroyer wrote:

you can't access another pc without some server to handle requests. That's what server client means, you need a server and a client. And remote access is server client by definition.

eh??

I never said I didn't want to install anything serverside

Quote:

Windows has terminal services installed by default, you can use that.

I use VNC to connect into linux @ uni and computers on my lan.... you need a server running on the client pc.

Citrix I use to connect into windows @ uni

I'm happy to run something Java via a browser on the client, what I meant was I don't want something explicitly installed on the client as I want to be able to access this from wherever I am.

Anyway, I'm going to take a look tonight and see what works best / quickest

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 7:32 pm **Post subject:**

TightVNC looks pretty good

BUT I can't get it working across the 'net it works locally, anyone know why?

tweye · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 9:07 pm **Post subject:**

is there some firewall in-between?
the built-in httpserver defaults on port 5800 on windows (5801 on linux).
try run it on port 80.

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:02 pm **Post subject:**

mmm, got it working using realVNC, thanks for the help all :beerchug:

video-man · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:19 pm **Post subject:**

u want to access like for instance your computer if you are at friends house using his that kind of remote access

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:29 pm **Post subject:**

Yep.

Although from work is better

video-man · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:36 pm **Post subject:**

here is a few images from a magazine i got not sure if it's the same thing you want to do

part 1

part 2

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Wed Mar 02, 2005 10:38 am **Post subject:**

I can't view those images @ fullsize, I'm stuck with thumbnails

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