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Free Remote Desktop program?

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Anyone know of a light and free remote desktop software that I could use to connect to my laptop?
 
Y2K SE said:
XP Pro has one built in.
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I disabled it because it's very unsecure, and doesn't have any good functions anyhow
 
Tylerdurdened said:
I disabled it because it's very unsecure, and doesn't have any good functions anyhow
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Define good functions.

Besides I wouldn't really call it unsecure. Most of them have security issues. Use strong passwords and change the port it uses.
 
VNC is great. and look at hamachi if you're connecting to your laptop outside of you LAN.
 
t00thless said:
VNC is great. and look at hamachi if you're connecting to your laptop outside of you LAN.
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That's what I'm using :D UltraVNC works awesome, thanks
 
www.logmein.com

When you sign up it gives you a trial period for the 'pro' version but after that it reverts to the free version. Ten times better than windows remote desktop and you can access it from any PC through HTTP connection. Great if you don't have admin rights or need access from a public computer.
 
Tylerdurdened said:
I disabled it because it's very unsecure, and doesn't have any good functions anyhow
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Yeah, encryption isn't secure at all. And I sure do love having to click "Request Screen Refresh" with a 3rd party server/client! :rolleyes:

Try mstsc /console. /f for full screen, /v:host.network for direct access, /h:height and /w:width for a little more control over individual shortcuts.

Aside from that, I use TightVNC when I have to...but what does it do that RD doesn't do? You're viewing a desktop in a window on another machine...what more do you want it to do? :confused:
 
feigned said:
Yeah, encryption isn't secure at all. And I sure do love having to click "Request Screen Refresh" with a 3rd party server/client! :rolleyes:

Try mstsc /console. /f for full screen, /v:host.network for direct access, /h:height and /w:width for a little more control over individual shortcuts.

Aside from that, I use TightVNC when I have to...but what does it do that RD doesn't do? You're viewing a desktop in a window on another machine...what more do you want it to do? :confused:
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I hate to do it but "QFT"

If you're worried about remote access security, you should probably have a vpn set up because RD isn't really any less secure than vnc. It's certainly better than the versions of VNC that send the connection password in plain text.

The only thing I don't like about RD is that is locks the screen when you connect to it and you need to use the keyboard/mouse to access it again. This is a pain on my htpc, which is why i use vnc.
 
Tylerdurdened said:
I disabled it because it's very unsecure, and doesn't have any good functions anyhow
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It shows the desktop on the remote machine. What more "functions" do you need?
 
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