Run the VNC server in WinXP.

Alternately, it may be better to just use Remote Desktop if you only  
need to have one person at a time connect to the XP machine.

TightVNC is a good Windows client. I like JollysFastVNC as a client on  
the Mac.

-Pete

On Aug 22, 2009, at 8:45 PM, Josh Koffman wrote:

> Hi all. I have a unique situation that I think can be solved via VNC,
> I'm just not sure what the best way will be.
>
> I have an application that won't work over a wireless network
> connection as it's very picky about latencies. What I'd like to do is
> run the application on a wired computer and control that computer via
> a wireless VNC connection. It should work as I know other people have
> done it in the past.
>
> Here's the wrinkle. The wired computer is a Mac that runs the program
> in question in WinXP via Parallels. I'm not sure which OS should run
> the VNC server. OSX has a built in server (which would be convenient)
> while WinXP would require more software installs. Anyone have any
> recommendations about that?
>
> Also, we had a discussion about VNC clients back in 2007 and it seems
> folks were then using RealVNC, UltraVNC, and TightVNC as Windows
> clients. Does anyone have any recommendations about the relative
> benefits or problems I might run into with any of those?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -j
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