Bearing in mind that I've never used this....
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...dclientdl.mspx
should help, as it gives you (using ME) the ability to access a Windows XP
Pro machine - but I don't think it works with HP Home
With RealVNC, you need to load the software into the host PC's (your
offsprings') and tehn arrange for them to let you know their external IP
address at the time they need assistance - they will also have to enable
ports 5800, 5900, and 5500 on any NAT router that they may be using. (If I
need to get into my machine at home from a client, I can do so easily, using
RealVNC, and NoIP dynamic DNS, which allows me to use a normal URL-type link
to get to the box, rather than actually having to discover the IP every
time)
Once loaded, RealVNC can sit in the background as a service - once you
connect to it, it downloads the client software to your machine as a Java
app, and runs from there. Very simple once you get used to it.
(Even simpler is to upgrade your box to XP, and use RA from thereg
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/art.../wxprmass.html )
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"Job" wrote in message
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Hi Noel,
You say "I use RealVNC here when I need to get into a PC
that doesn't natively
support Remote access (Windows XP does)."
I'm running ME but both my daughter and son run XP. What
would I need to get into their PCs?
Thank you.
"Noel Paton" wrote in
message ...
I use RealVNC here when I need to get into a PC that
doesn't natively
support Remote access (Windows XP does).
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"Job" wrote in message
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Over the past couple of years I have seen where some of
you
have experience with remote control software. I think
this
capability might be handy sometimes for me to help my
daughter with problems.
In searching I have found these free programs:
RealVNC at http://www.realvnc.com/gettingstarted.html
UltraVNC at http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/
and TightVNC at http://www.tightvnc.com/
Knowing I have never used any remote control software
can
you recommend which of these (or others) might be best
for
me?
Job says, "Creativity is good but plagiarism is
faster....and can be gooder!"