best remote admin proggie

[stupot71]

hi im wodering what proggies people use for remote admin for instance is radmin any good from http://www.famatech.com/ oh and it must be secure

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Now why are these screws left over...?

[MacGyver]

Novell has some cool remote control software built into it's workstation/user administration package called ZENworks. It's fun playing Solitaire on somebody's comptuer on the other side of the continent.

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Tech: "You need to pack up your entire computer and bring it back in to us."
Customer: "Why?"
Tech: "BECAUSE YOU'RE TOO STUPID TO OWN A COMPUTER!"

[jay015]

Been using Pcanywhere without any problems. Have not been aware of any security issues.

[QSECOFR]

One trick that I learned from a tech support guy at Microsoft is to use NetMeeting 3.01. This version allows Remote Desktop Sharing, On Win 9X/ME, you set the password, and on NT/2k, you actually have to logon to the domain(if you are using one). Then it's just like you are sitting at the computer. I've tried it between my office and home computer, and on a 26.6k connection, it can be slow.

Another utility would be pcAnywhere. Once again, just like you are sitting at the computer. You can dial-in to the computer, or connect over the LAN. I only use it for remote support of our PC's at other offices.

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OS/400...At least it's not Microsoft.

[The Iceman]

We use WinVNC here to remotely administer computers, particularly at the out of town facilities. It is secure, and has way less overhead than a lot that I have seen.

[captpackrat]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by QSECOFR:
One trick that I learned from a tech support guy at Microsoft is to use NetMeeting 3.01. This version allows Remote Desktop Sharing </font>

D'OH! I forgot all about NetMeeting! I've been looking around for a remote admin program, even looking into SubSeven and Back Orifice, when the answer was right under my nose the whole time! And free to boot!

Thank you!

Now, if there were only a way to get DirectDraw to work remotely....

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[-=Doc=-]

We use Proxy by Funk Software @ www.funk.com The program has super low overhead and works extremely well over IP/IPX networks. They have a demo version on the Website and I think the cost is around $20 a seat. We are able to support 4 or 5 PC's at a time from our desktops...sure cut the wear-n-tear on the sneakers


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User: I can press "C" to cancel or "I" to ignore the error...what do I do?
ME: Press "I" as in "eyeball"
User: OK.....
ME: &lt;GRIN&gt;

[Renée]

I've used NetOp Remote Control in the past. It was pretty good, although I had a few teensy-tiny technical issues with it at first. I can hardly blame any software for any problems, though, when our director will only approve funding for the crappiest hardware available. I had--no kidding--40% of the agency's power supplies (desktop stations) all die within the same week. Yep, all systems purchased at the same time on the cheap. That's whatcha get! Anyway, that little rant was off topic, but I'd suggest doing a NetOp trial if you need a cross-platform product. Their support is good, too.

[Shades]

If you don't have a remote desktop control proggie installed, I recommend and use dameware utilties - it's freeware and great - can see eventlogs etc from any machine all in one neat proggie - for NT/2000 as far as I have tried.