Remote desktop sharing across LAN

Hi,
I moved my computers out of the lounge into a downstairs room. It's OK
in there but on evenings and weekends more interesting things happen
in the lounge. So, I want to be able to access and use the desktop of
each of the remote computers from my laptop in the lounge. Can anyone
please suggest the best software for this purpose? By best I think I
mean simplest and most effective. I've used the Remote Desktop Sharing
feature of Netmeeting across the Internet and it was slow in that
situation. Maybe in a LAN environment it would be faster and more
responsive. I thought I'd ask here for advice before diving in.
TIA
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On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 13:11:07 +0000, Mike Halmarack
<> wrote:

>Hi,
>I moved my computers out of the lounge into a downstairs room. It's OK
>in there but on evenings and weekends more interesting things happen
>in the lounge. So, I want to be able to access and use the desktop of
>each of the remote computers from my laptop in the lounge. Can anyone
>please suggest the best software for this purpose? By best I think I
>mean simplest and most effective. I've used the Remote Desktop Sharing
>feature of Netmeeting across the Internet and it was slow in that
>situation. Maybe in a LAN environment it would be faster and more
>responsive. I thought I'd ask here for advice before diving in.
>TIA


What OS are the machines?

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On 08/11/2005 Mike Halmarack wrote:

> Hi,
> I moved my computers out of the lounge into a downstairs room. It's OK
> in there but on evenings and weekends more interesting things happen
> in the lounge. So, I want to be able to access and use the desktop of
> each of the remote computers from my laptop in the lounge. Can anyone
> please suggest the best software for this purpose? By best I think I
> mean simplest and most effective. I've used the Remote Desktop Sharing
> feature of Netmeeting across the Internet and it was slow in that
> situation. Maybe in a LAN environment it would be faster and more
> responsive. I thought I'd ask here for advice before diving in.
> TIA


If you're using XP then Remote Desktop Connection works fine across a
wired or wireless LAN, I do that here.

There's also RealVNC (http://www.realvnc.com/download.html) which I
have used but found slow.

There is a subtle difference between them. RDC sends sound back to the
controlling PC whereas VNC plays them on the remote PC.

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On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 14:07:19 GMT, Geoffrey <>
wrote:

>On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 13:11:07 +0000, Mike Halmarack
><> wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>I moved my computers out of the lounge into a downstairs room. It's OK
>>in there but on evenings and weekends more interesting things happen
>>in the lounge. So, I want to be able to access and use the desktop of
>>each of the remote computers from my laptop in the lounge. Can anyone
>>please suggest the best software for this purpose? By best I think I
>>mean simplest and most effective. I've used the Remote Desktop Sharing
>>feature of Netmeeting across the Internet and it was slow in that
>>situation. Maybe in a LAN environment it would be faster and more
>>responsive. I thought I'd ask here for advice before diving in.
>>TIA
>
>
>What OS are the machines?

XP Pro, except for the laptop which has XP Home.
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On 8 Nov 2005 14:17:05 GMT, "Jeff Gaines" <>
wrote:

>On 08/11/2005 Mike Halmarack wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I moved my computers out of the lounge into a downstairs room. It's OK
>> in there but on evenings and weekends more interesting things happen
>> in the lounge. So, I want to be able to access and use the desktop of
>> each of the remote computers from my laptop in the lounge. Can anyone
>> please suggest the best software for this purpose? By best I think I
>> mean simplest and most effective. I've used the Remote Desktop Sharing
>> feature of Netmeeting across the Internet and it was slow in that
>> situation. Maybe in a LAN environment it would be faster and more
>> responsive. I thought I'd ask here for advice before diving in.
>> TIA
>
>
>If you're using XP then Remote Desktop Connection works fine across a
>wired or wireless LAN, I do that here.
Is that the same as the Remote Desktop Sharing in Netmeeting?
I'll do a search.
If so, that's good, as I have some experience of this. Thanks.
>
>There's also RealVNC (http://www.realvnc.com/download.html) which I
>have used but found slow.

I'll have a look at that too.

>There is a subtle difference between them. RDC sends sound back to the
>controlling PC whereas VNC plays them on the remote PC.

That probably means a lot for practical purposes. I'll have a think
about that.:-)
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On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 14:26:28 GMT, McSpreader <>
wrote:

>"Jeff Gaines" <> wrote in
>news:
>
>> On 08/11/2005 Mike Halmarack wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I moved my computers out of the lounge into a downstairs room.
>>> It's OK in there but on evenings and weekends more interesting
>>> things happen in the lounge. So, I want to be able to access
>>> and use the desktop of each of the remote computers from my
>>> laptop in the lounge. Can anyone please suggest the best
>>> software for this purpose? By best I think I mean simplest and
>>> most effective. I've used the Remote Desktop Sharing feature of
>>> Netmeeting across the Internet and it was slow in that
>>> situation. Maybe in a LAN environment it would be faster and
>>> more responsive. I thought I'd ask here for advice before
>>> diving in. TIA
>>
>>
>> If you're using XP then Remote Desktop Connection works fine
>> across a wired or wireless LAN, I do that here.
>>
>> There's also RealVNC (http://www.realvnc.com/download.html)
>> which I have used but found slow.
>>
>> There is a subtle difference between them. RDC sends sound back
>> to the controlling PC whereas VNC plays them on the remote PC.
>>
>
>XP's RDC doesn't work with XP Home on the target PC.

What a Beach! :-(
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On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 19:12:12 GMT, "Chris Dyson"
<> wrote:

>
>"Mike Halmarack" <> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> On 8 Nov 2005 14:17:05 GMT, "Jeff Gaines" <>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On 08/11/2005 Mike Halmarack wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I moved my computers out of the lounge into a downstairs room. It's OK
>>>> in there but on evenings and weekends more interesting things happen
>>>> in the lounge. So, I want to be able to access and use the desktop of
>>>> each of the remote computers from my laptop in the lounge. Can anyone
>>>> please suggest the best software for this purpose? By best I think I
>>>> mean simplest and most effective. I've used the Remote Desktop Sharing
>>>> feature of Netmeeting across the Internet and it was slow in that
>>>> situation. Maybe in a LAN environment it would be faster and more
>>>> responsive. I thought I'd ask here for advice before diving in.
>>>> TIA
>>>
>>>
>>>If you're using XP then Remote Desktop Connection works fine across a
>>>wired or wireless LAN, I do that here.
>> Is that the same as the Remote Desktop Sharing in Netmeeting?
>> I'll do a search.
>> If so, that's good, as I have some experience of this. Thanks.
>>>
>>>There's also RealVNC (http://www.realvnc.com/download.html) which I
>>>have used but found slow.
>>
>> I'll have a look at that too.
>>
>>>There is a subtle difference between them. RDC sends sound back to the
>>>controlling PC whereas VNC plays them on the remote PC.
>>
>> That probably means a lot for practical purposes. I'll have a think
>> about that.:-)
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Mike Halmarack
>>
>> Drop the EGG to email me.
>
>I use UltraVNC (http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/). It is open source and is
>therefore fully featured and free to use.
>
>Chris.

I'll give it a try. Thanks for the link.

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In article <>,
says...
> On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 19:12:12 GMT, "Chris Dyson"
> <> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Mike Halmarack" <> wrote in message
> >news:.. .
> >> On 8 Nov 2005 14:17:05 GMT, "Jeff Gaines" <>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>>On 08/11/2005 Mike Halmarack wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>> I moved my computers out of the lounge into a downstairs room. It's OK
> >>>> in there but on evenings and weekends more interesting things happen
> >>>> in the lounge. So, I want to be able to access and use the desktop of
> >>>> each of the remote computers from my laptop in the lounge. Can anyone
> >>>> please suggest the best software for this purpose? By best I think I
> >>>> mean simplest and most effective. I've used the Remote Desktop Sharing
> >>>> feature of Netmeeting across the Internet and it was slow in that
> >>>> situation. Maybe in a LAN environment it would be faster and more
> >>>> responsive. I thought I'd ask here for advice before diving in.
> >>>> TIA
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>If you're using XP then Remote Desktop Connection works fine across a
> >>>wired or wireless LAN, I do that here.

Indeed, xp's remote desktop feature is excellent - I use it from laptop
to my desktops in the house - very quick ... I hate the slower responses
from vnc/dameware type remote desktops, they are more suited to remote
support than general use.

On Tue, 8 Nov 2005 22:57:22 -0000, m0rk <> wrote:

>In article <>,
> says...
>> On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 19:12:12 GMT, "Chris Dyson"
>> <> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >"Mike Halmarack" <> wrote in message
>> >news:.. .
>> >> On 8 Nov 2005 14:17:05 GMT, "Jeff Gaines" <>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>On 08/11/2005 Mike Halmarack wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> Hi,
>> >>>> I moved my computers out of the lounge into a downstairs room. It's OK
>> >>>> in there but on evenings and weekends more interesting things happen
>> >>>> in the lounge. So, I want to be able to access and use the desktop of
>> >>>> each of the remote computers from my laptop in the lounge. Can anyone
>> >>>> please suggest the best software for this purpose? By best I think I
>> >>>> mean simplest and most effective. I've used the Remote Desktop Sharing
>> >>>> feature of Netmeeting across the Internet and it was slow in that
>> >>>> situation. Maybe in a LAN environment it would be faster and more
>> >>>> responsive. I thought I'd ask here for advice before diving in.
>> >>>> TIA
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>If you're using XP then Remote Desktop Connection works fine across a
>> >>>wired or wireless LAN, I do that here.
>
>Indeed, xp's remote desktop feature is excellent - I use it from laptop
>to my desktops in the house - very quick ... I hate the slower responses
>from vnc/dameware type remote desktops, they are more suited to remote
>support than general use.

Does this mean that your laptop OS is XP Pro? Or are the limitations
with XP Home overcome?
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In article <3Xicf.6791$>,
rob.nicholson@nospam_unforgettable.com says...
> > Indeed, xp's remote desktop feature is excellent - I use it from laptop
> > to my desktops in the house - very quick ... I hate the slower responses
> > from vnc/dameware type remote desktops, they are more suited to remote
> > support than general use.
>
> I assume that XPs remote desktop feature borrows heavily upon the RDP
> protocol developed for the terminal server environment. If so, I'm not
> surprised it works well. Out of all the remote-access protocols around, the
> ones used with terminal server are head and shoulders above the rest.
> Citrix's ICA is even better. They should be though - I think they are linked
> in at a much lower GDI level than products like VNC which watch for
> rectangular changes in the screen bitmap using brute force methods.
>
> But terminal server isn't the solution the original poster needs - oops,
> wandered off there.
>
> Cheers, Rob.
>
>
>

He doesnt need a terminal server ... xp pro has this feature built in -
im using a w2k laptop with rdp to my xp pro desktop upstairs currently
.... yes, its all borrowed from terminal services and is excellent but im
only using the deesktops built in features along with the rdp client
software installed on w2k.

If anything get rid of xp home, upgrade to pro ... I wasnt aware xp home
wouldnt allow you to run the remote desktop client to connect to xp pro
machines, but I dont ever get involved with home - thats enough reason
for me to scrap home in favour of pro.