Apparently, though unproven, at 19:29 on Sunday 21 November 2010, Mick did opine thusly:
> I know this is somewhat off-topic but I am losing friends here by telling > them all the time that they should install Linux or at least install and > configure VNC if they need my help ... plus some of them I don't mind > helping anyway. > > Lesser MSWindows versions do not seem to allow connections via RDP and > therefore rdesktop and krdc will not connect to them without some VNC > server running on the Windows machine. > > Meanwhile Windows has this 'Remote Assistance' function, which allows what > it says and uses PRNP (Peer Name Resolution Protocol). > > I've been trying to find a Linux tool to connect to a Windows box which has > issued a PRNP invitation, but can't find a means of doing this. Is this > all completely proprietary or is there some UPnP linux solution that > works? First I'd fix the human/social problems, then the technical ones. If you lose friends because you can't help them with Windows... Jezz. The tell them to install TightVNC as otherwise there's didly-squat you can do -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
