2009/8/24 Rolf : > Hi Josh. > > I am a big fan of Remote Desktop. For what it's worth, I use Linux > wherever I can, but, Remote Desktop is one microsoft product that > really, actually, works. It allows me to work from home one day a week, > and it is more efficient and reliable than VNC. The Remote Desktop > system is also more intelligent than VNC... it makes sense (for the way > I use it) to lock down the local machine and re-direct it to the Remote > client. With VNC on the other hand, the local machine is still active, > and people can 'see' what you are doing remotely. > > Still, I also use VNC, and particularly, TightVNC. For one reason in > particular: It can expose the VNC desktop in a web browser using a Java > applet. > > This allows you to browse in to a VNC desktop from anywhere, without > having to install any 'different' client software (you need a > Java-enabled browser). > > http://www.tightvnc.com/doc/java/README.txt > > So, there is no Microsoft software I actively recommend to people other > than Remote Desktop, and, of the VNC's, I use TightVNC for the web-based > interface (although it is possible other VNC's have a web-based > interface too). > > Rolf > > 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 >> > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist Josh, UltraVNC also has a browser interface. I prefer it because it has a file transfer utility included. On linux I mostly use TightVNC but the VNC package included with Xubuntu also works well - I'm just not sure what it is called! I've also used Remote Desktop at work and have no issues with it. As Rolf noted, being able to lock off local users can be a bit plus. RP -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist