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acces and control main pc via laptop in house
w123kid
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Hi guys
have my main pc set up as a media centre connected to the tv, what i would like to do now is get a cheap laptop to allow me to surf but also to access the main pc and start processes and launch stuff via the laptop
is this possible? is there a program that will allow that without me having to accept control from the pc every time
Cheers
have my main pc set up as a media centre connected to the tv, what i would like to do now is get a cheap laptop to allow me to surf but also to access the main pc and start processes and launch stuff via the laptop
is this possible? is there a program that will allow that without me having to accept control from the pc every time
Cheers
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£1,800, campari platter, limited edition peroni bottle opener, sharp blu ray player, £600 Karen Millen shopping spree, £550 limited edition blind, Capetown 7 day holiday, Tshirt, £100 Tesco Voucher, £100 Arcadia vouchers, 7 day Europe tour, £100 hotel voucher, limited edition capitan morgan bottle, 1 month bus pass travel.
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Hi guys
have my main pc set up as a media centre connected to the tv, what i would like to do now is get a cheap laptop to allow me to surf but also to access the main pc and start processes and launch stuff via the laptop
is this possible? is there a program that will allow that without me having to accept control from the pc every time
Cheers
is this possible? anyone plz?Wins so far:
£1,800, campari platter, limited edition peroni bottle opener, sharp blu ray player, £600 Karen Millen shopping spree, £550 limited edition blind, Capetown 7 day holiday, Tshirt, £100 Tesco Voucher, £100 Arcadia vouchers, 7 day Europe tour, £100 hotel voucher, limited edition capitan morgan bottle, 1 month bus pass travel.0 -
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I agree with using LogMeIn - its great and free too.0
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RealVNC
tightVNC
Both good programs and free for non-commercial use
regards
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Logmein requires net access (so overkill in my opinion for accessing machines in the same house!
If they are both windows (or if the media server is windows based.)
Then use the tool "NetMeating" it's in every version of windows and lets you control the desktop of a remote machine like TightVNC and LogMeIn but it's already installed and required little setup.
all you need to do is go to the run box and type in "conf" that will start up the setup wizard for NetMeating.
But what programs are on your "media center"? their might be some utils' that do some remote controlling of media centers from other machines.
think there are a few programs which turns your wireless mobile phone into a remote media center controller
lol Laters
Sol
"Have you found the secrets of the universe? Asked Zebade "I'm sure I left them here somewhere"0 -
but if hes on the other laptop surfing then hes connected to the net anyway
But it's a bit redundant using the net to access a pc only a few feet away when you can do it quicker with a local program Laters
Sol
"Have you found the secrets of the universe? Asked Zebade "I'm sure I left them here somewhere"0 -
cheers guys
netmeeting sounds good
both machines on windows vista so will give it a try thi eveningWins so far:
£1,800, campari platter, limited edition peroni bottle opener, sharp blu ray player, £600 Karen Millen shopping spree, £550 limited edition blind, Capetown 7 day holiday, Tshirt, £100 Tesco Voucher, £100 Arcadia vouchers, 7 day Europe tour, £100 hotel voucher, limited edition capitan morgan bottle, 1 month bus pass travel.0 -
or use enable remote connections on the PC & use a terminal session with "MSTSC"Chris Elvin0
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Or get a very long stick.0
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