RE: PC Anywhere warning / Alternative: VNC

Hi Philipp,

Thank's for the tip about VNC. I'd never heard of it before, but I'll
definitely give it a try.


John Taylor


> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Philipp Rusch
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 1:33 AM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: 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
>
>