Software to take control of systems via LAN

Jess Stingray · Nov 24, 2008

Does anyone know of any such software? I have a system here, but only 1 power cable so I cant hook up a monitor to it. It'll be used as a server, so it doesn;t really need one anyway. What I need is some software that I can install here, and on the server, allowing me to control it / get a screen view on this one. Does anyone know of anything like this? Preferably free?

Thanks,

Ben

oily_17 · Nov 24, 2008

This may help you out -

https://secure.logmein.com/home.asp?lang=en

Jess Stingray · Nov 24, 2008

Ah, that's the one I was looking for, I forgot about that. Does it work over LAN though?

newtekie1 · Nov 24, 2008

What OS is on the server?

It if it Windows, just use Remote Desktop.

oily_17 · Nov 24, 2008

Ben Clarke said:
Ah, that's the one I was looking for, I forgot about that. Does it work over LAN though?

Not sure never used it but might only be over internet.

If both are XP Pro you could use the built in tools for Remote desktop.

Jess Stingray · Nov 24, 2008

My system (this one) is Vista Ultimate x64, server will be 2003 Enterprise R2 (x86)

newtekie1 · Nov 24, 2008

Then just use Remote Desktop, it comes free with both OSes and is extremely easy to setup. Works over LAN and Internet connections, allows you to easily transfer files back and forth, and copy and pasting. No point in bloating the install with other applications, IMO.

FordGT90Concept · Nov 24, 2008

I use a D-Link 4-port KVM for almost two years now. It has yet to fail me.

Deleted member 3 · Nov 24, 2008

Remote desktop connection is the way to go, best performance. Unless you require to start D3D applications remotely, then it won't work due to the emulated video adapter. Yet there aren't many situations where you'd want to do that.

Dark_Webster · Nov 24, 2008

If you want to have almost full control, use real vnc.

Sasqui · Nov 24, 2008

As I sit here, I'm running remote desktop (XP to XP), and using a VM through the remote desktop

. Main 24" screen is native machine, second 21" running remote desktop full screen.

Many things you can copy paste, but I've never been able to do files - have to share/map drives.

newtekie1 · Nov 24, 2008

Sasqui said:
As I sit here, I'm running remote desktop (XP to XP), and using a VM through the remote desktop . Main 24" screen is native machine, second 21" running remote desktop full screen.

Many things you can copy paste, but I've never been able to do files - have to share/map drives.

Moving files can be...tricky.

I found that small files can be easily copy and pasted. However, larger files can not. When you copy a larger file, when you right click to paste it on the other machine, it transfers the whole file before giving you the right click menu.

Using the built in function to automatically map the local drives to the remote computer allows transfer of larger files. Then when I want to move large files, I just drag them in the local C drive and let it transfer that way. Though using real mapped drives transfers the files faster, and if you are doing it over the internet using and FTP server is the best option I have found.

ktr · Nov 25, 2008

UltraVNC is your best bet. http://www.uvnc.com/

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