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SQrL:

And for administration outside of your network, there is a great FREE remote control product called LogMeIn (www.logmein.com).  Free version doesn't allow file transfer, but that is no biggie, there are plenty of other ways to transfer files (www.yousendit.com, etc...).

best of luck!

mahuti:

I use RealVNC on my pc to administer it from my Mac. As for file transfer, I use samba. On occasion, I still plug a keyboard into it and admin it right from the cabinet, but that's generally in emergency situations. My arcade pc is also one of my website testing PCs, so the VNC gets used almost daily.

I leave RealVNC running all of the time, and only very rarely have problems with it. Basically just requires a restart of the machine from time to time.

 

nipsmg:

If you can, run windows XP and enable and use Remote Desktop.  Even over a broadband connection, the difference between using something like VNC and using RDP (Remote Desktop) is like the difference between using Dialup and Broadband to browse the web.

RDP is so fast it's like you're sitting directly at the remote pc.  No lag, no delays.  It's one of the VERY few things Microsoft did right.

--NipsMG

Jess--:

Have been using vnc for around 9 years now, going back to when it was brand new and the alternative was PCanywhere (what happened to that?)

have used it on all of my servers and have never had it cause any issues.


GoPodular.com:

I used to use PCAnywhere all the time.  But that was back when you installed it via floppy disk.  Right now I don't use anything.  I mess with the MAME settings too much.

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