Computer Remote Control Convenience
Feb. 4th, 2006 10:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thewayneI 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? ;-)
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? ;-)
wake up from LAN
Date: 2006-02-09 02:02 am (UTC)VNC:86.57.14.104