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| Thread ID: 36146 | 2003-08-01 09:39:00 | XP and remote access tools. | Peter Coleman (597) | Press F1 |
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| 164450 | 2003-08-01 09:39:00 | Hi guys,how good are XP's remote acces tools for use over a dial-up connection.My wife is thinking of using this method of work.to access her PC at work if she has to stay home if one of the kids is sick,or to use over the school hols from home.Is it very effective,and just how good would it be over a dial up anyway? Peter |
Peter Coleman (597) | ||
| 164451 | 2003-08-01 09:44:00 | Remember you need XP Pro at the initiating end Peter. XP Home does not have the goods. SusanB would be able to comment on the suitability, I am sure she has helped a few people out with Remote Access over dial-up. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 164452 | 2003-08-01 09:50:00 | Her new PC at work(2 days old) has got Pro,and so if we got a new PC we would go for Pro as well.I have been trying to convince her to get a new PC for about 18 months,and suddenly now she has a new one at work she says"wouldn't it be nice to have a new PC,dear."I can't win. Peter |
Peter Coleman (597) | ||
| 164453 | 2003-08-01 10:49:00 | Just think though. If you had bought one 18 months ago, compared with what you get today... Pentium 4 (or equivalent... so much grunt ;) ) | Dolby Digital (160) | ||
| 164454 | 2003-08-02 03:04:00 | Hi Peter, XP's remote access / remote desktop works pretty well over dial-up -- you can select the "experience" you want (typical MS terminology), and drop a bunch of bandwidth-hogging features and settings. That said, if she's going to edit big documents and things on her work PC, dial-up will be a patience-trying experience, no matter what. There's always ADSL :-) -- Juha |
juha (761) | ||
| 164455 | 2003-08-02 05:26:00 | If you only have XP Home, then see RealVNC :-) Google for it ;-) |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 164456 | 2003-08-02 05:35:00 | > If you only have XP Home, then see RealVNC :-) I have been trying to get Beetle & Ladybug to install it :)( to help them better with there computer problumes) but I have not had much luck so far :D > Google for it ;-) here is the link for it :) (www.uk.research.att.com)www.uk.research.att.com |
stu140103 (137) | ||
| 164457 | 2003-08-02 13:09:00 | Hi Juha,ADSL is the next thing I'll be trying for.(been trying for that even longer)maybe I'll have to come round to your place again and use yours,eh. Peter |
Peter Coleman (597) | ||
| 164458 | 2003-08-03 10:23:00 | I accidentally stumbled onto this just before: You can set up a remote desktop connection using Netmeeting. You go: Netmeeting-Tools-Remote Desktop Sharing and set it up from there. If you follow all the instructions, setup is easy. All you need to do is "call" that machine using netmeeting, and it's connected. You have full control over the remote desktop. Worked quite well through my LAN (WinXP Home machine to Win98SE), but I haven't tried it over dialup yet. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 164459 | 2003-08-03 10:54:00 | > SusanB would be able to comment on the suitability, I am sure she has helped a few people out with Remote Access over dial-up. Sorry, I missed this one when it was posted. I found remote access over dial-up very slow and thus a bit frustrating but I was using the Assistance feature to help someone which *might* be different. I am not sure whether the remote access would possibly be a bit faster, similar to FTP transfer, if one can somehow just get straight into the files required rather than muck around with the Desktop and stuff. My view of it is that if one had to stay at home, using it would be better than nothing (ie not working and thus not getting paid). :-) |
Susan B (19) | ||
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