Whats good software to control a machine remotely?

[91TTZ]

At work I control hundred of servers remotely and I use terminal services and Remote Desktop. On the older NT machines that don't support that, we use RealVNC.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: Pepsei
remote desktop doesn't work well since you don't actually "see" what's on the screen, you get another instance.

we use "PCDuo" at work it is very fast. So I use that at home too.

With terminal services on 2000/2003, you get another instance when loggin on as the same user, but on XP pro you will see what's on the screen as long as you log in as the user.

What I mean by that is if "user" is logged onto 2000/2003 server and you log in as "user" remotely, you don't see the the same desktop that the other instance of "user" sees- instead you get a second session of "user"'s profile. But on XP Pro, if "user" is logged on and then you try to log on as "user" remotely, you will see the same exact screen, it just transfers the session from a local to a remote session. You share the session, but you can't use it locally and remotely simultaneously

 

[Chadder007]

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: tami
remote administrator.

http://www.radmin.com

definitely better than the VNC stuff that exists out there

Ever since UltraVNC introduced VNC with Windows authentication, RAdmin is no longer so great.

UltraVNC has less overhead, a real video hook driver, and it overcomes the pesky "File transfer sessions run in the context of the radmin service's logon (usually localsystem) and not the user's logon which effectively overrides all file permissions" feature which Famatech will likely never fix because...well...because they've been promising version 3 "real soon" for 4 years now (is John Romero working for them?).

UltraVNC also provides a command-line utility to generate permission hashes, which can be used by an admin to configure UVNC permissions on remote machines.

Famatech, OTOH, stored this information in the clear in v2.1 and switched to a hash in v2.2 which broke my in-house-developed remote management utility. When I explained why this information was critical in an enterprise environment and would result in my company abandoning RAdmin (1500+ licenses when v3 comes out), I was simply told that information about the hash is considered proprietary and would not be disclosed under any circumstances.

Finally, UltraVNC is compatible with any other VNC servers which means you can use one client to manage all your Windows, Mac and Unix/linux boxes.

Oh wait....UltraVNC is free, too.

UltraVNC still doesn't update the screen as well as Remote Administrator does though.

 

[DeMeo]

any worm virus should suffice.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: Chadder007
UltraVNC still doesn't update the screen as well as Remote Administrator does though.

I use Remote Administrator almost daily for my setup here. I was about to give UltraVNC a shot until this...

 

[Ryuson99]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: Chadder007
UltraVNC still doesn't update the screen as well as Remote Administrator does though.

I use Remote Administrator almost daily for my setup here. I was about to give UltraVNC a shot until this...

VNC is great because of the fact that the both users see whats going on. Lets say you need to solve a trouble ticket at work with VNC, won't it be nice if you can teach the problem user how to fix the problem so that if it ever happens again they can easily fix it?

Also how many times have a user told you of a problem and when you remotely connect you can not for the life of you replicate the problem. Wouldn't it be nice if when you connect the user can show you what they did exactly to have an error come up and then you can just take over the mouse and troubleshoot it?

 

[kcbass]

very true...i've had that happen before 

 

[Saint Nick]

RADMIN > ALL

 

[Wapp]

Gencontrol?

 

[LeiZaK]

Originally posted by: Wapp
Gencontrol?

Gencontrol is more of a windows-domain-friendly-remote-admin app. I doubt he has a domain controller @ home. But if there is a domain, I second gencontrol (if you're not using winxp pro)... don't even have to install server software.

 

[LeiZaK]

hmm, just noticed this is an old thread that was revived. I'm sure he's found something by now.

nef

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: Ryuson99

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: Chadder007
UltraVNC still doesn't update the screen as well as Remote Administrator does though.

I use Remote Administrator almost daily for my setup here. I was about to give UltraVNC a shot until this...

VNC is great because of the fact that the both users see whats going on. Lets say you need to solve a trouble ticket at work with VNC, won't it be nice if you can teach the problem user how to fix the problem so that if it ever happens again they can easily fix it?

Also how many times have a user told you of a problem and when you remotely connect you can not for the life of you replicate the problem. Wouldn't it be nice if when you connect the user can show you what they did exactly to have an error come up and then you can just take over the mouse and troubleshoot it?

never liked doing tech support, never will.. and I never use RAdmin for that.. just use it to hit my other machine in the other room occasionally. I need it to be able to:
- transfer files (Remote Desktop cannot)
- refresh QUICK

And BTW, with RAdmin, the client machine CAN see what you're doing remotely in real time.

 

[bryantp]

Although I use Dameware mostly RemoteCTL is another option you may want to consider.

 

[neonerd]

Remote Desktop

 

[igowerf]

Another vote for UltraVNC.

 

[kcbass]

just hit ultravnc this morning...took 5 minutes before i was downloaded/installed and connected remotely to my target machine. great program 

 

[chambersc]

sp0rkeh

 

[BrokenVisage]

VNC for the win, RDP is better for LAN computer control though.

 

[kcbass]

we plan on using ultravnc for LAN access to a server. Are there any known security hacks/exploits I should know about before setting up access?