ventrox Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 hello guys i've seen people that are able to remote control their computer from another computer by entering ip, and something else but i don't know how to do it do i need to have like a host in my computer? and use some program in the other pc? if so, can someone tell me how to do it? what software do i need? i would really like to be able to do this thanks a lot Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/305230-remote-control-your-computer-from-another-pc/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 blik Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 Remote Desktop - Good with XP/2003 machines... VNC - My favourite... Radmin - Dont like it, not free... Which ever you choose, if you are using a router, make sure to forward the port to your machine on the LAN. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/305230-remote-control-your-computer-from-another-pc/#findComment-585729472 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ventrox Posted April 5, 2005 Author Share Posted April 5, 2005 Bliksem said: Remote Desktop - Good with XP/2003 machines...VNC - My favourite... Radmin - Dont like it, not free... Which ever you choose, if you are using a router, make sure to forward the port to your machine on the LAN. 585729472[/snapback] do i need to install the program on both computers? thanks is Remote Desktop from Microsoft? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/305230-remote-control-your-computer-from-another-pc/#findComment-585729478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Hankyone Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 i use remote desktop and i have regitered a dynamic dns so i dont have to type my ip each time and yes remote desktop is from microsoft 1. enable it on the server machine 2. connect to it using the windows client or a web client like ts.bink.nu 3. enter your username and password Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/305230-remote-control-your-computer-from-another-pc/#findComment-585729489 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ventrox Posted April 5, 2005 Author Share Posted April 5, 2005 Hankyone said: i use remote desktop and i have regitered a dynamic dns so i dont have to type my ip each timeand yes remote desktop is from microsoft 1. enable it on the server machine 2. connect to it using the windows client or a web client like ts.bink.nu 3. enter your username and password 585729489[/snapback] how do i enable the server machine? cannot find the option Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/305230-remote-control-your-computer-from-another-pc/#findComment-585729495 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 JiveMasterT Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 does this work in xp home as well? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/305230-remote-control-your-computer-from-another-pc/#findComment-585729510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ozric Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 (edited) Dameware mini remote control is good as it is easy to deploy remotely. Edited April 5, 2005 by ozric Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/305230-remote-control-your-computer-from-another-pc/#findComment-585729521 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ahodes1 Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 jivemastert said: does this work in xp home as well? 585729510[/snapback] You cannot use remote desktop to connect to an XP Home PC. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/305230-remote-control-your-computer-from-another-pc/#findComment-585729543 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 blik Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 Remote dekstop is in XP pro, im not sure if its available for home :unsure: But, Right click my computer -> Properties -> Remote, Check "Allow users to connect remotely to this computer" under Remote Desktop... With VNC, VNC server needs to be installed and running on the machine you want to access. To access the computer you'll need VNC viewer, which is available as a stand alone exe... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/305230-remote-control-your-computer-from-another-pc/#findComment-585729553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ventrox Posted April 5, 2005 Author Share Posted April 5, 2005 Bliksem said: Remote dekstop is in XP pro, im not sure if its available for home :unsure:But, Right click my computer -> Properties -> Remote, Check "Allow users to connect remotely to this computer" under Remote Desktop... With VNC, VNC server needs to be installed and running on the machine you want to access. To access the computer you'll need VNC viewer, which is available as a stand alone exe... 585729553[/snapback] where do you get the alone exe? thanks and... what's the difference between VNC server (service) and VNC server (user)? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/305230-remote-control-your-computer-from-another-pc/#findComment-585729571 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Hankyone Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 ventrox said: where do you get the alone exe?thanks and... what's the difference between VNC server (service) and VNC server (user)? 585729571[/snapback] the service will run as a DLL in background, i think it will allow you to connect even if your not logged on the user is the program that start at starup like any other program Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/305230-remote-control-your-computer-from-another-pc/#findComment-585729620 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ventrox Posted April 5, 2005 Author Share Posted April 5, 2005 Hankyone said: the service will run as a DLL in background, i think it will allow you to connect even if your not logged onthe user is the program that start at starup like any other program 585729620[/snapback] oh i see thanks :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/305230-remote-control-your-computer-from-another-pc/#findComment-585729754 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ventrox Posted April 5, 2005 Author Share Posted April 5, 2005 if i use remote desktop, or VNC, and while controlling that computer can i actually copy files from that computer to the one i'm using right now? or it's not possible? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/305230-remote-control-your-computer-from-another-pc/#findComment-585729768 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Si Veteran Posted April 5, 2005 Veteran Share Posted April 5, 2005 ventrox said: if i use remote desktop, or VNC, and while controlling that computercan i actually copy files from that computer to the one i'm using right now? or it's not possible? 585729768[/snapback] UltraVNC has this feature :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/305230-remote-control-your-computer-from-another-pc/#findComment-585730302 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Hankyone Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 also remote desktop :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/305230-remote-control-your-computer-from-another-pc/#findComment-585731720 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ventrox Posted April 6, 2005 Author Share Posted April 6, 2005 Hankyone said: also remote desktop :D 585731720[/snapback] how do i copy files from one to the other with remote desktop? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/305230-remote-control-your-computer-from-another-pc/#findComment-585732602 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Hankyone Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 ventrox said: how do i copy files from one to the other with remote desktop? 585732602[/snapback] you should have a new drive that appears in my computer Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/305230-remote-control-your-computer-from-another-pc/#findComment-585733162 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ventrox Posted April 6, 2005 Author Share Posted April 6, 2005 Hankyone said: you should have a new drive that appears in my computer 585733162[/snapback] yup thanks for the help Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/305230-remote-control-your-computer-from-another-pc/#findComment-585734184 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Si Veteran Posted April 6, 2005 Veteran Share Posted April 6, 2005 Hankyone said: you should have a new drive that appears in my computer 585733162[/snapback] I never noticed that before :pinch: Thanks for the heads up this will be very useful! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/305230-remote-control-your-computer-from-another-pc/#findComment-585735890 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 blik Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 ultima said: I never noticed that before :pinch: Thanks for the heads up this will be very useful! 585735890[/snapback] Same here! Very Handy :yes: Thanks Hankyone! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/305230-remote-control-your-computer-from-another-pc/#findComment-585735914 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ventrox Posted April 24, 2005 Author Share Posted April 24, 2005 hey guys i use a router now do i need to forward any port? what does remote desktop use? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/305230-remote-control-your-computer-from-another-pc/#findComment-585821831 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ventrox
hello guys
i've seen people that are able to remote control their computer from another computer by entering ip, and something else
but i don't know how to do it
do i need to have like a host in my computer? and use some program in the other pc?
if so, can someone tell me how to do it? what software do i need?
i would really like to be able to do this
thanks a lot
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