just- Posted January 4, 2006 CID Share Posted January 4, 2006 Hi there guys i admit i dont know much about wake up on LAN and remote management that is why i need you help. I have a laptop and a desktop. the desktop i have is a fresh install of windows xp pro, i dont have a screen nor keyboard nor a mouse for it. i want to turn that machine into a network attached storage but that is not why i am posting this. i am posting this topic because i want to access the desktop of the machine with my existing laptop connecting to it via an ethernet cable. i dont know if there is a cd or a software i could install that would allow me to remote manage it without having to get a screen. please don't suggest for me to install remote administrator or activate remote desktop sharing from windows because all those requier for me to 1st get a screen, yes i could borough a screen from a friend and do that but i wonder if there is some other way around this. so how do i get to my machine without getting a screen for it ? thank you all for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted January 4, 2006 CID Share Posted January 4, 2006 Realvnc http://www.realvnc.com/download.html, would work great for that. But you would have to install it withouth a screen. Do you have an svideo out on your desktop, you might be lucky and have a tv that has an svideo in which you could hook it up to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted January 4, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 4, 2006 i have heard of that one also which one is better VNC or radmin ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted January 4, 2006 CID Share Posted January 4, 2006 I have never tried radmin but I can vouche for vnc and tell you its a very nice program to use and easy to configure. There are lots of options too for a free program, passwords, encryption ect.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted January 5, 2006 CID Share Posted January 5, 2006 I also haven't tried radmin, but I use vnc on all my computers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted January 6, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 6, 2006 ok i can do remote desktop sharing via windows horray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted January 9, 2006 CID Share Posted January 9, 2006 ok i can do remote desktop sharing via windows horray Yeah but the Server is going to have to be windows xp pro.. Home edition will not work. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/getstarted/remoteintro.mspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted January 9, 2006 CID Share Posted January 9, 2006 Hi there guys i admit i dont know much about wake up on LAN and remote management that is why i need you help. I have a laptop and a desktop. the desktop i have is a fresh install of windows xp pro, i dont have a screen nor keyboard nor a mouse for it. i want to turn that machine into a network attached storage but that is not why i am posting this. i am posting this topic because i want to access the desktop of the machine with my existing laptop connecting to it via an ethernet cable. i dont know if there is a cd or a software i could install that would allow me to remote manage it without having to get a screen. please don't suggest for me to install remote administrator or activate remote desktop sharing from windows because all those requier for me to 1st get a screen, yes i could borough a screen from a friend and do that but i wonder if there is some other way around this. so how do i get to my machine without getting a screen for it ? thank you all for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted January 9, 2006 CID Share Posted January 9, 2006 yeah... missed that part of it.. even at that you are still going to have to configure it locally before it can be used on the network.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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