PC sharing software

S0litaire

ah! makes sense now!
multi-user licences for Forecasting and line 50 are terrible! lol
OK it's been 7 years since I've had to deal with Sage problems but here I go:

I take it you enter data through forecasting as well?

Then if both PC's are in the same office then set up desktop sharing is the easy way to go.

unless you are VERY friendly with your sage cover guy then talk them into doing what I did for my office : install forcasting on the boss's machine so if you're is left on 24/7 then you can map a drive on his machine to where the sage L50 files and he can point his copy of forecasting to that.
The above also works with a VPN connection!

It might cause a few problems if 2 people are using it at the same time. But their is really not much difference between single user and multi-user L50.

(*NOTE* it's been YEARS since i've dealt with sage L50 and forecasting so they may have changed a lot under the hood that might make my solution unworkable!)

[m1k3y]

I've solved a very similar problem using VNC.

Office PC running accounting software - installed TightVNC server. Registered a free dynamic DNS and installed the update software on the Office PC. Opened the TightVNC port on the Office PC's internet router to allow the connection from the Boss's Laptop.

The Boss's Laptop - installed TightVNC client. Connected to the dynamic DNS, logged in and saved the VNC profile with settings that allow for connection loss (ie: when re-connected, the user just carries on from where they were disconnected, programs and data on the Office PC are not lost, and user is not logged out).

There are heaps of tutorials on the net that will help once you know what to look for. The link below would be an excellent start.

For what it's worth, I made the necessary changes to Tunnel the VNC connection over SSH. Its not too hard, managed to achieve it with free software etc. Anyway start with this link and go from there:
helpdeskgeek(dot)com/how-to/tunnel-vnc-over-ssh/

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Google is your friend.

chunter

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Logmein free. Been using it for years.
simple to set up. pick the 'personal option' - simpler!

[m1k3y]

Regarding LogMeIn.

I used to use LogMeIn at my last place of work, we rolled out a few hundred installs of it, to test it on customers as a VNC replacement. We found that LogMeIn was very system heavy - it uses a lot of resources both on the client PC and the server PC. It also is not very connection failure tolerant, and sessions would often fall over causing the remote user to log in from scratch, where all running programs would have to be restarted - a right pain. But then LogMeIn ties into User Accounts, so thats expected, but perhaps undesirable. I prefer, in this instance, the behavior of VNC, in that it simply ties you to the PC's screen, keyboard and mouse.

Yes LogMeIn is easier to setup/install, but I found that it was a lot more work to actually use it, than the likes of VNC.

Besides, the VNC solution is rather easy. Even the SSH Tunneling is average tech to understand. It is still worth any extra effort over the likes of LogMeIn.

Cheers,
Mike