Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:08:34 -0700 From: Nick Pavlica <linicks@gmail.com> To: daniel <freebsd@danielquinn.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Accessing Windows XP Desktop (Home Edition) remotely Message-ID: <dc9ba04405032208082b0c10b1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200503221102.48828.freebsd@danielquinn.org> References: <20050322155438.GC89505@ns2.wananchi.com> <200503221102.48828.freebsd@danielquinn.org>
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VNC works very well for me, good suggestion! --Nick On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:02:48 -0500, daniel <freebsd@danielquinn.org> wrote: > On March 22, 2005 10:54 am, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > I have this big curse that I have to access the office computer from > > home. The office PC runs WinXP Home, not Professional. > > I have turned the Internet upside-down trying to get an app that will > > enable me access the goddamn XP desktop, using something like krdesktop, > > from home. Something that can run on the Windows XP and provide me > > access to it's desktop from a FreeBSD box running KDE. > > i'd suggest vnc: > http://www.realvnc.com/ > http://www.tightvnc.com/ > > you use realvnc to install the server, then tightvnc to connect (i find it's > faster than the normal vnc client. then to connect all you need is X running > and: > > $ vncviewer <ipaddress> > > security note: > vnc is *not* encrypted and is not generally considered secure. any ports you > open/forward should be directed to your ip only. even better, try a knocking > daemon. > > -- > i hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied > corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of > strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country. > - thomas Jefferson, 1816 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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