is there any software like remote desktop connection that would allow me to access my mac from a pc and run the programs as rdc lets one. thanks
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http://www.redstonesoftware.com/osxvnc/OSXvnc.html
Install this on your Mac and find a VNC client compatible with your PC.
Install this on your Mac and find a VNC client compatible with your PC.
I don't know a lot about it from the PC side but you should be able to use VNC (Virtual Network Computing) to do this. In your case you need a VNC server on the Mac and a VNC client on the PC. I don't have any links but a Google search will turn up plenty of info.
I do this but in reverse; WinVNC server on Windows PCs and 'Chicken of the VNC' client on the Mac (strange name, great app
).
I do this but in reverse; WinVNC server on Windows PCs and 'Chicken of the VNC' client on the Mac (strange name, great app
).Works great, in fact im using it right now. Is there any way that I can get the sound to play from the computer running the client though?
Unfortunately, the current VNC protocol doesn't support playing server sound on the client machine due to the bandwidth/compression requirements for sending the sound data from the VNC server to the VNC client. There isn't really an easy way to solve this - if you want more information, do a search for VNC on Google.djjon said:
aus_dave said:I don't know a lot about it from the PC side but you should be able to use VNC (Virtual Network Computing) to do this. In your case you need a VNC server on the Mac and a VNC client on the PC. I don't have any links but a Google search will turn up plenty of info.
I do this but in reverse; WinVNC server on Windows PCs and 'Chicken of the VNC' client on the Mac (strange name, great app
RDC would be faster than VNC for your purposes. You should try it out. It's faster since it doesn't do full screen redraws. We've got it working from London to LA with no problems (and quite usable speeds) On a local subnet, it's lightning fast.
aus_dave said:Thanks Legion, but I don't think RDC works on Win2K, only on XP Professional and a few other Windows server versions. Correct me if I'm wrong though
Actually WinXP does have RDC server installed (and on, which have led to many virus accesses -- MSblast, I believe may be one of them). MS does put out an RDC client for the Mac (can't host a sever) but I haven't been able to get it to work.
aus_dave said:Thanks Legion, but I don't think RDC works on Win2K, only on XP Professional and a few other Windows server versions. Correct me if I'm wrong though
Win2K does support RDC. You have to install Terminal Services. If you use Remote Administration mode, only 2 clients will be able to connect to the server at a time. We use this to remotely manage all of our Win2K servers.