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VNC Alternative

  • 11-10-2010 3:49pm
    #1
    Gavin "shels"
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,965 ✭✭✭✭


    Looking for a free alternative to VNC, basically looking to connect up my laptop to the family desktop wirelessly. Desktop has Windows XP and my laptop has Windows 7. Cheers in advance for any suggestions/advice.


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  • #2
    bhickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,340 ✭✭✭bhickey


    What version of XP? If it's XP Professional then you can use Windows Remote desktop. Any reason why you don't want to use VNC?


  • #3
    cgarrad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,611 ✭✭✭cgarrad


    teamviewer.com


  • #4
    Gavin "shels"
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,965 ✭✭✭✭Gavin "shels"


    bhickey wrote: »
    What version of XP? If it's XP Professional then you can use Windows Remote desktop. Any reason why you don't want to use VNC?

    No its not XP Pro.

    Is Windows 7 supported by the free edition of VNC? By the looks of the website I don't think it is.


  • #5
    Thomas_S_Hunterson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    RealVNC is is GNU software. It's available free but they make the download a bit hard to find.

    You can get it here: http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/download.html

    Note you don't need to enter any info in the form.

    /edit: You'll also need to download the viewer which is the VNC client.


  • #6
    Cool Mo D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,419 ✭✭✭Cool Mo D


    Try the open-source Tight VNC


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  • #7
    demanufactured
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭demanufactured


    +1 for teamviewer


  • #8
    Gavin "shels"
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,965 ✭✭✭✭Gavin "shels"


    Teamviewer works a treat.

    Cheers for all the help lads.;)


  • #9
    KetchupKid
    Registered Users Posts: 198 ✭✭KetchupKid


    Sorry to hijack this but does anyone know of a free option for Windows 7 to Mac?


  • #10
    Snowbat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,064 ✭✭✭Snowbat


    Server: TightVNC 2.0.2 on Windows 7
    Client: Chicken of the VNC on Mac OS X

    For the other way around, Snow Leopard and later have a built-in VNC server. See here.


  • #11
    KetchupKid
    Registered Users Posts: 198 ✭✭KetchupKid


    Hi Snowbat,

    Thanks for the reply!! We eventually tried that last night, but instead we used JollysFastDNC on the Mac side. It worked great and I could see and control the Mac desktop but unfortunately I couldn't hear the audio. I could turn up the volume, but it was only heard on the server side not the remote side. We searched both applications, but couldn't find any settings on either end for audio control.

    Did we miss something or would Chicken of the VNC or another application have audio control?


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  • #12
    Snowbat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,064 ✭✭✭Snowbat


    VNC doesn't support audio, though some VNC packages (eg. ThinLinc) can use additional software such as PulseAudio for audio transport (unfortunately no PulseAudio for OS X yet).

    The Wikipedia comparison table of remote desktop software includes a column for Audio Support.


  • #13
    KetchupKid
    Registered Users Posts: 198 ✭✭KetchupKid


    Thanks Snowbat I'll try it!!


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