Computer Remote Control Convenience

[thewayne]

I installed a remote control program on my desktop and laptop called VNC which is available for the best price of all: free. I used this at a previous job and it worked well. It seems to be working fine thus far. Basically what I'm doing is using my laptop in the living room for full access to my desktop PC. You see, my normal morning/breakfast procedure is to have my desktop load up around 30 web comics and also Slashdot and Wired. I'll eat breakfast and read. But frequently I'll end up with multiple Slashdot or Wired articles open and I hate sitting at my desktop doing tons of reading. So now with this remote control software I can lie in my chair in the living room and read what's on my desktop and clean it up a bit.

The one downside is that if the computer you're accessing is set to a higher resolution than what you're accessing from, it can be inconvenient with dealing with scroll bars and such.

The really cool thing about this program is that it's multi-platform: you can use a Windows machine to control a Mac or a Linux box or vice-versa in any combination.

Did I mention that it's free? ;-)

Comments

[kylejcrb.livejournal.com]

I used it in some of my high school classes a few times. Good way to get around web filters. :P I don't really have much use for it now, but I'll need to remember it when I get around to getting a laptop.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

I just put my desktop PC into hibernate mode from my laptop! It's pretty cool. Now if only I had a device for turning on my desktop and laser printer remotely....

[kylejcrb.livejournal.com]

Well, you can always set an alarm to make it come on and go off at a certain time (if the BIOS on the motherboard supports it), but it's not the same...

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

There's also the ability to wake a computer through the ethernet connection, but I don't know how to do that. There's also the problem that I have a boot password, so a bios start, which I don't think my board has, wouldn't work.

wake up from LAN

[(Anonymous)]

if you will find the answer, tell me:)
VNC:86.57.14.104