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| Arimack:
How do most of you access your machine once built? I am looking to begin my project and this is one of the issues I am looking at right now. I am considering remote access (no keyboard set up on the machine itself) for general maintenance. I know I will have to plan for keyboard access in an emergency but would like to do most of the work remotely. I plan on having my cabinet on my home network and access it using a free program like Log Me In (https://secure.logmein.com/products/free/). I have been using this successfully for a few years, mostly with family and friends to provide computer help when they have problems on their PCs. Has anyone tried this on their project? Any other remote access options that have worked well? Any feedback would be appreciated. |
| Blanka:
I run my machine with a MacMini. Just enable Remote Desktop from the Sharing control panel (enable the generic VNC option under advanced), and use any VNC client on the network to take over the machine. Works flawless, and with the basic graphics of most, I get very decent frame rates too! |
| Arimack:
Thanks, Blanca. I am going to try Remote Desktop on another computer on my home network tonight. In the past I have used Log Me In for my home stuff because when travelling and wife has a problem, I can remote in and fix it. Add to that that I am too lazy to use two options when it provides a single solution. But I am questioning Log Me In for this set up because I do not like the idea of going out onto the internet to remotely access something on my home network. One advantage to Log Me In that needs considering is that Log Me In now has the capability to do a restart of the remote system with a automated reconnect of the remote after restart. Can this be done with Remote Desktop? |
| lanman31337:
shutdown -r in command prompt, wait a minute, reconnect remote desktop |
| 05SRT4:
I used the log me in at my old job and loved it. I never considered it for my arcade (no internet most of the time). Windows has its own remote access that I have tried out on a friends PC when they needed help. It took a little bit to setup but worked okay not as good as log me in though. |
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