Re: Remote Desktop

["David Gumbrell" <david.gumbrell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

Some confusion here I think. I believe Chris wants to control an XP Pro
machine running Cortex from his Mac. For this you can download the
Microsoft
Remote Desktop Client for the Mac - there's a beta version that is a
Universal Binary and seems to do the job pretty well - hasn't crashed on me
so far. Or use the non Beta released version. Both are free.

VNC is OK but a bit slow with Cortex (at least in my setup). RDP much
better
although a bit of lag. It's also a good idea to hide the comms pane unless
you are actually using it, show the structure tree instead.

BUT - there is a bug that causes Cortex to lockup/crash if you restart it
using an RDP session. So either perform updates manually using VNC, or set
auto-update in the middle of the night and ensure you have disconnected any
RDP sessions.

The Apple product is for Mac-to-Mac connections, and yes, a ridiculous
price
and probably stopped me getting a Mac Mini.

Cheers

David

On 9/6/07, Phil Harris <phil@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   Well VNC viewer is what I use to remote administer the Mac Mini that
> runs my
> server here...
>
> Phil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:
> ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of
> > Chris Hunter
> > Sent: 05 September 2007 23:14
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Remote Desktop
> >
> > maybe ... I'm new to this, so don't know the answer ! ... just
> > looking for something to command & monitor the HA computer
from our
> > regular desktop' ... rather as David does it now !
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> > On 5 Sep 2007, at 22:35, Phil Harris wrote:
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> > > Why not just use VNC viewer?
> > >
> > > Phil
> > >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:
> ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>] On
> > >> Behalf
> > >> Of Chris Hunter
> > >> Sent: 05 September 2007 22:04
> > >> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> > >> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Remote Desktop
> > >>
> > >> thanks, yep ... saw that, and the cost rather took me
back !
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> > >> because I thought it was included ... used to be,
surely, or so I
> > >> thought !
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> > >> Chris
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> > >> On 5 Sep 2007, at 21:57, Jim Noble wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Chris Hunter wrote:
> > >>>> David -
> > >>>> quick question, please !
> > >>>> ... did you have to buy Remote Desktop
separately, did it come
> > >>>> with OSX, or ... ??
> > >>>> 'thought it was included, but can't find it !!
> > >>>
> > >>> http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/ukstore.woa/wa/RSLID?
> > >>> mco=6C04E099&nplm=MA231
> > >>>
> > >>> Jim
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