Re: [PLUG] Remote XP ... Re: Edit Windows Registry from Linux LiveCD?

This looks great! I missed out on seeing this when quickly reviewing UltraVNC.

My IP (DSL) is always changing, so I would have to set it up for a current connection. I guess there is a very remote possibility that the software gets used after my IP address has changed and somehow connects to someone else running a server. I would tell the person never to "connect" unless there is some kind of verbal communication about it at the same or near time (or something like that). Perhaps it has other password protection on it. Looking forward to checking this out so I can help some family members who might fumble with XP or other.

From: Mike Sheinberg <m.sheiny@gmail.com>
To: Arthur S. Alexion <art.alexion@gmail.com>; Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Sent: Wed, January 13, 2010 11:26:56 AM
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Remote XP ... Re: Edit Windows Registry from Linux LiveCD?

I wanted to check out UltraVNC's single-click installation which allows you to preconfigure the settings for your clients in a compact binary and then they initiate the connection going out-bound to your machine.

http://www.uvnc.com/addons/singleclick.html
description from site:
"UltraVNC SC is a mini (166k) UltraVNC Server that can be customized and preconfigured for download by a Customer. UltraVNC SC does not require installation and does not make use of the registry. The customer only have to download the little executable and Click to make a connection. The connection is initiated by the server, to allow easy access thru customers firewall."

Haven't got a chance to test it though, so if anyone has had any luck with it let me know :)

-Mike

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 7:19 AM, Art Alexion <art.alexion@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sunday 10 January 2010 18:53:28 Edmond Rodriguez wrote:
> Has anyone found a Linux easy, safe and secure solution to doing remote
> desktop help to someone with XP or similar? My guess is this is going to
> come back as a VNC solution. It has to be easy and safe for a novice XP
> user receiving help.
>
> I was hoping for using rdesktop ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rdesktop ),
> but it does not yet support "remote assistance requests" from XP.
>
> As I mentioned before, trying to guide a novice on XP to allow their
> machine to do remote desktop assistance (and later turning it off), and
> transmitting the invitations can be a very difficult task.
>

LogMeIn works well for novices. Though it requires IE, ies4linux works well.
--
Art Alexion

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