Re: PC Anywhere warning / Alternative: VNC

Hello John,
I am happily using a freeware tool called VNC from AT&T Labs in UK, they give
it away for free. It works perfectly for me with W9x, WinNT, W2K and Macs (!),
the Linux part should work as well, but I didn't need it so far, so I did not 
test it.
You have to do the modem/network part yourself and it surely is not perfect, but
for the most things I have been using PC Anywhere for, it is a good substitute.
Advantages:
- no drivers/vxd's and so on installed.
- entire program fits on one floppy (!)
- it is cheap

Did you ever try to install, lets say a simple thing like service pack 6a to a 
NT
Workstation running PCAnywhere ? Recommended procedure from Symantec
is to completely uninstall the product and then do the SP6 install, then go back
to installimg the product again. Come on , what a sh... !
This is because PCAnywhere uses its own VGA drivers, mouse drivers,
keyboard drivers and so on ...

I like to keep it simple , so I like VNC.

Regards from germany, Philipp Rusch

John Taylor schrieb:

> Hi Peter,
>
> I think you're referring to the Terminal Services Remote Admin feature.
> However, that's only available in the W2K server product. There is also the
> remote management feature of MMC (Microsoft Management Console), but it's
> quite limited.
>
> My needs are to be able to remotely control a variety of desktops and
> servers (W9x, NT, 2K) from my W2K workstation. And the only product I know
> of that can do that is PC Anywhere.
>
> John Taylor
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> > [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Peter Dow
> > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 5:28 PM
> > To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> > Subject: Re: CA Express/PC Anywhere warning
> >
> >
> > Hi John,
> >
> > I thought I read somewhere that W2K has a built-in function that
> > works like
> > PC Anywhere. If  true, it sounds like M$ is cutting out the
> > competition once
> > again.
> >
> > Peter Dow
> > Dow Software Services, Inc.
> > 909 425-0194 voice
> > 909 425-0196 fax
> >
> >
>
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