Re: Remote Desktop

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

aha, many thanks ... that sorts my muddle !

Chris



On 6 Sep 2007, at 02:50, David Gumbrell wrote:

> 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:
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>>   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
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>>> On 5 Sep 2007, at 22:35, Phil Harris wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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 !
>>>>>
>>>>> because I thought it was included ... used to be,
surely, or so I
>>>>> thought !
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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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