On 12 February 2014 23:25, Paul McNett <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2/12/14 1:16 PM, Jeff Johnson wrote: >> Am I missing something? > > Only that Microsoft software is a big waste of effort. > > 1) download TightVNC, install as windows service > 2) make sure it added a windows firewall rule for port 5900, if not add it > yourself > 3) download TightVNC viewer, run it from your client machine using > 4) make VNC shortcuts for all the machines you want to support > > Bam! Remote control that will work until the end of time, with no further > configuration needed, and not dependent on versions of Windows, and > client/server VNC > version mismatches don't seem to matter, either.
Except VNC runs at about 10% the speed of Remote Desktop. VNC basically sends screenshots, RDP sends graphics primitives (draw a box, render some text etc). I have used RDP in the past over dialup and it was usable. -- Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CADwx0+LP5ZkEdw0b2S_GAV-YemZA+EUayr_8fdzu__=d093...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
