clonk Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 I use it all the time when I VPN into work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kainashi Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 i use it when my friends need help but other than that, i don't use it much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Elі Subscriber² Posted August 1, 2004 Subscriber² Share Posted August 1, 2004 I use it everyday several times to connect to other computers on my network, VERY useful feature if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iczman Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 (edited) i always experience a bit laggy-ness when using remote desktop thru LAN. by that i mean when i can feel like 150ping lag like playing in mulitplayer fps games... network is rated 10/100 both machines are at least 1GHz (1G and 2.4G) both machines uses 3rd party visual style all features of remote desktop turned on (including wallpaper) Edited August 1, 2004 by iczman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPaul Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 I don't trust Internet Explorer nor Outlook, nor other microsoft technologies by its security big big holes. Why trust on this?Just use UltraVNC. Great software, much more features than WXP VNC. I always use 3rd software if I can. Microsoft has not got security at all!! I've never seen any "security holes" in Terminal Services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuxi Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 To me it is just a toy to play around with Same for me. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadiz Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 I've used it to help a friend of mine once. That was it, ever since then it's been Ultr@VNC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jormartr Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Well, now somebody is going to tell me that one of microsoft priorities when makes soft is security, and also that is stupid use it's OS if you think that, well... as there is so many 'REAL' alternatives. Yes I have linux and others, but when somebody tells 'hey use this soft', happens that I need windows, and a secure windows, without the big big holes it has on many of its components, so I use whenever I can 3rd softwares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickFinlay2 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 nope tho i have xp pro i never use it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ficman Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 We have a lot fo stuff blocked at work, I remote into my home desktop to browse... Works great.. :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mm_omega2 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Yes I have used it quite a few times. I have 5 computers set up in my home in different rooms of the house and i find it much easier to just be able to sit at my computer and update all of the others without having to go from room to room. Also me and quite a few of my co-workers are all on a WAN and if they need help I just log right in to their computer and try to fix it. Helps alot if they have a problem at 1 in the am and i dont feel like driving over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetter Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Nope, TightVNC works much better becasue of the compession and java viewer. Also theres no messing around with user accounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aitf311 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 From the people who have tried RealVNC, UltraVNC, AND TightVNC....which do you find to be the best? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 When i had Windows, i used to use it a fair bit. Always handy. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmeu Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 remote desktop is pretty weak next to VNC... i've had good luck with RealVNC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Player Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Yea, I like remote desktop pretty well...I don't use it ALOT at home (unfortunatly you cant use it on my school network) but at work I can sit at my desk and remote desktop to the servers :yes: that way i dont have to get up off my lazy ass to see whats up when problems occur :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrizy4u Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 i use remote admin (www.radmin.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNay Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Nope, never use, and never will unless a job requires me to use it to assist others ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamend Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Nope, TightVNC works much better becasue of the compession and java viewer. Also theres no messing around with user accounts. What are some of the advantages of VNC over Remote Desktop, or Remote Desktop over VNC? From what I know, Remote Desktop is faster because it sends windowing instructions while VNC behaves more like an interactive streaming movie. The only disadvantage to Remote Desktop's approach is that things such as Direct2D (games, movies) don't show up at all. A disadvantage for VNC, at least from what I gathered the last time I tried it, was that it worked by allowing a remote client to control the active session while anyone at the host could interact, watch, or disconnect the client. If there's no way of disabling this then Remote Desktop has a great advantage over it by creating unique sessions for every login (or giving the option to resume previous sessions) where users can only interact with other sessions based on their permissions. A slight downside is that in XP SP1 there can only be one active session at the time (so the person who is physically at the host would get booted to the login screen), but fortunately with SP2 (or Windows 2000 Server or Windows Server 2003), you will be able to have more than one active session at a time. Oh and as for VNC having a java applet client, Remote Desktop has an Active X client as well as a few open source clients that run on Linux and others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Live Veteran Posted August 1, 2004 Veteran Share Posted August 1, 2004 I use RD (or TS) nearly everyday. It works great over a LAN or broadband connection. I find it much more responsive (and feature-rich) than the competitors I've tried. IIS 5.1 and 6.0 come with TSWEB, an activeX based RD client that can be hosted on the RD server itself. There's also a freely downloadable client for any version of Windows and for the Mac as well. It does an excellent job of making the connection as transparent as possible. It automatically routes printers on the local computer to the remote session (so I can log into my work computer from home, open a document, click "print", and select from any of the work printers OR my home printer). And you don't have to worry about printer drivers, or even whether its a compatible OS (for instance, if connecting to a 64-bit version of Windows). I know Citrix has some of those features but I'm not sure if any of the VNC's do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jormartr Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 From the people who have tried RealVNC, UltraVNC, AND TightVNC....which do you find to be the best? I have tried all them, and have found UltraVNC the best for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lsdn Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 I do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Lamar Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 I use remote assistance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palmeiro Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 I use real vnc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredde87 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 remote assistance is the same as remote desktop... those who say that other 3rd party programs have more features, what kind of features? Remote desktop gives you 100% control over the pc (just like sitting on it) with the exception of ctrl + alt + del doesnt work but how often do we use that with microsoft software ;) I think remote desktop is brilliant... Though I wouldnt recommend playing games over it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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