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07-15-2004, 06:58
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: ne Ohio
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Remote Computer Administration
Any suggestions for a program to connect to my branch office computers ? I'd like to be able to check and run Windows Update, A/V updates, look at files, etc.
Thanks
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07-15-2004, 07:57
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Georgia
Posts: 97
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VNC Viewer is free and works well. You can also configure Netmeeting, as well as Remote Desktop with Windows.
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07-15-2004, 08:27
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Billings, Montana
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VNC Viewer works great if there are no firewalls between you and the host computer. I have it on all of my computers and it saves me a ton of stair climbing when I have to fix something on one of them.
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07-15-2004, 09:16
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 1,031
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Re: Remote Computer Administration
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Originally posted by renman
Any suggestions for a program to connect to my branch office computers ? I'd like to be able to check and run Windows Update, A/V updates, look at files, etc.
Thanks
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2k server?
install terminal server in admin mode.
xp workstation/server, enable the rdp client
2k workstation, you'll have add some software.
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07-15-2004, 09:48
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Mucus City, USA
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VNC is da bomb. I administer UNIX servers from a Windblows workstation using the same GUI as I use when at the server. Saves me from being locked in the server room all day. Check out Real VNC, Tight VNC, Tridia VNC, Ultr@ VNC; all are freeware and maintained by open source crowd. You can even run ‘em thru SSH if you need to.
The mother church is here: www.realvnc.com
Believe it or don’t, I also have VNC on my PDA, allowing me to do limited server maintenance wirelessly while stuck in some pointless meeting or other. Is that geek chic or what?
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07-15-2004, 10:40
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: HotLanta, GA
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I agree VNC is very very cool.
Plus it's free!! Well sort of.
Allthoguh I had to punch a hole in my firewall to allow it to administer my Windows 2003 server.
If it was a Linux server I could run it through SSH.
My other way to administering servers is to enable a VPN and then when I am connected use pcanywhere.
I suppose I could do the same thing for VNC and close the hole in my firewall.
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07-16-2004, 23:22
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Location: California
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VNC is barely more secure than telnet. Though the logon password is encrypted, the session isn't. The only way VNC should be used is over SSH (or similar method).
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