Re: Using Laptop as a Monitor for Desktop Boxes

["Speedy LJ" <lj_xu1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"m4olivei" <m4olivei@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I was wondering if there is a way that you can hook a laptop up to a
> desktop box and have the video feed from the desktop box come up on
> your laptop screen.  I have an Dell Inspiron 8500 notebook and
> recently aquired a cheap Compaq PII desktop to use as a file server.
> I really would rather not shell out money for a monitor.  The ideal
> thing would be to somehow have the video from the dektop come into my
> laptop and be able to switch between viewing the desktop and the
> laptop on the fly.  Connections that I have on my laptop are standard:
> USB 2.0, IEE 1394, Serial, Parallel, TV Out and VGA out.  Any
> suggestions?  Maybe I'm thinking to complicated and the ideal solution
> would be just to use a remote desktop situation over a LAN to get at
> the desktop.
>

Remote Admin Software will be the go. You did say it's a file server so it
has lan. Just use VNC it's Free.

> Thanks