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| Thread ID: 22784 | 2002-07-30 08:38:00 | winVNC bagging in AUGUST PC World | wotz (335) | Press F1 |
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| 66720 | 2002-07-30 08:38:00 | I can't believe the bagging given to winVNC in the August edition . " . . . strictly for techies with a masochistic bent . . . " and "has lousy documentation and difficult setup" Sure, its not the best software for remotely accessing your PC . Its great for providing support and assistance over our 30 pc network . Poor documentation - because its so simple in what it does you would almost have to be a moron to not work it out . Setup is no more difficult than any other software . I added it to the startup of all the pc's . There was some resistance at first as some thought I would read all their emails . I could if I had time, but they know when I use it (icon in system tray changes colours) . After the first time I used it to help they keep finding reasons for me to use it again . |
wotz (335) | ||
| 66721 | 2002-07-30 11:12:00 | > Sure, its not the best software for remotely > accessing your PC . Its great for providing support > and assistance over our 30 pc network . > > Poor documentation - because its so simple in what it > does you would almost have to be a moron to not work > it out . Oh i can't believe that!!! August PC World IS out!!! I checked the supermarket on the weekend & my bookshop today and no it wasn't there!!! I knew it must be really close to coming out! I must get around to a subscription! So i haven't read the article yet and look forward to reading it . Graham P put me onto it through F1 (VNC) for helping an overseas rellie with probs - and i would have to agree with you it is a simple easy to use program - A overview from the site: VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing . It is, in essence, a remote display system which allows you to view a computing 'desktop' environment not only on the machine where it is running, but from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of machine architectures . wotz totally agree it isn't really for remotely accessing your pc but it is perfect for providing support and assistance to others, thats why i used it! - Can you use it for remotely accessing your own pc? That wasn't why i got it and i didn't look into that aspect of it, thought it was mainly designed for support and assistance of other computers? Anyway look forward to reading the article! |
J ZEP (336) | ||
| 66722 | 2002-07-31 06:57:00 | If you put it in comparison to pAW then yes, I would agree that VNC is not on par. But the one thing that make VNC so popular is it is FREE! The second thing is it is a bloody small download. I'm using a different variant of VNC called TightVNC which I discovered is a lot lot lot x 100 times better than VNC. TightVNC can be found at www.tightvnc.com and has better performance over a modem than VNC. But perhaps one of the best thing I like about tightVNC (and VNC) is using the Java app to connect to a remote PC. All I have to do to connect to a PC running the VNC server service is load up a Java enabled browser like IE and type in http://hostname:5800. Type in the password and I'm in. |
nzStan (440) | ||
| 66723 | 2002-07-31 07:30:00 | I find VNC great for solving network problems as I can change the settings of all the networked computers from one machine. It is also good for remote access especially when I get to uni and suddenly remember that I had forgotten to grab something fro home. I am a little concerned about security, but my firewall should pic up any dodgy activity, and it hasn't yet. I disagreed as to what was said in the article to which tweak'e refers, but I often disagree with the pcworld authors, so I don't usually bother to say anything. G P |
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