Accessing Windows XP Desktop (Home Edition) remotely

Nick Pavlica linicks at gmail.com
Tue Mar 22 08:08:35 PST 2005


VNC works very well for me, good suggestion!

--Nick


On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:02:48 -0500, daniel <freebsd at danielquinn.org> wrote:
> On March 22, 2005 10:54 am, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> > I have this big curse that I have to access the office computer from
> > home. The office PC runs WinXP Home, not Professional.
> > I have turned the Internet upside-down trying to get an app that will
> > enable me access the goddamn XP desktop, using something like krdesktop,
> > from home. Something that can run on the Windows XP and provide me
> > access to it's desktop from a FreeBSD box running KDE.
> 
> i'd suggest vnc:
>   http://www.realvnc.com/
>   http://www.tightvnc.com/
> 
> you use realvnc to install the server, then tightvnc to connect (i find it's
> faster than the normal vnc client.  then to connect all you need is X running
> and:
> 
>   $ vncviewer <ipaddress>
> 
> security note:
> vnc is *not* encrypted and is not generally considered secure.  any ports you
> open/forward should be directed to your ip only.  even better, try a knocking
> daemon.
> 
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