Forgive me for being stoopid but what's a remote desktop?
25 July 2005, 07:45 PM
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Forgive me for being stoopid but what's a remote desktop?
Am i right in thinking it's like having your desktop PC elsewhere in the house, but able to have the mouse, keyboard and monitor elsewhere?
25 July 2005, 07:48 PM
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Am i right in thinking it's like having your desktop PC elsewhere in the house, but able to have the mouse, keyboard and monitor elsewhere?
25 July 2005, 09:05 PM
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Remote desktop in a nutshell allows you to connect via the internet or local network from your computer to someone elses computer and see exactly what the other person is seeing and it also gives you the ability to control the other computer. It is used a lot to help people fix problems because you can be for example, sitting in London and see exactly what a user in Hong Kong is seeing and by taking control of their mouse and keyboard you can do anything you like with their computer and hopefully fix their problem.
Another use is for older hardware that doesnt have the power to maybe use something like photoshop (or word, excel or a database etc). You can use the very old machine and connect to another PC (usually a server) that does have the power to run photoshop and via remote desktop work as if the computer you're running photoshop on is your own.
Another use is for older hardware that doesnt have the power to maybe use something like photoshop (or word, excel or a database etc). You can use the very old machine and connect to another PC (usually a server) that does have the power to run photoshop and via remote desktop work as if the computer you're running photoshop on is your own.
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25 July 2005, 10:32 PM
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Hello
As above. I use it for several things: When I'm working at home I prefer to use my main PC, so remote desktop to my laptop to check/send email. When I'm at work, I remote desktop to my PC at home and surf sites that may be deemed as innappropriate (Scoobynet!) from work.
Several firewalls will block the port for remote desktop, I can thoroughly recommend the free http://www.logmein.com which allows you to connect to your PC via a standard web interface.
Steve
As above. I use it for several things: When I'm working at home I prefer to use my main PC, so remote desktop to my laptop to check/send email. When I'm at work, I remote desktop to my PC at home and surf sites that may be deemed as innappropriate (Scoobynet!) from work.
Several firewalls will block the port for remote desktop, I can thoroughly recommend the free http://www.logmein.com which allows you to connect to your PC via a standard web interface.
Steve
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