Netmeeting As Remote Control Software
Hi, Fred. In the 2005-11-07 Plus Newsletter, Mark asked about Remote Control software. An often overlooked piece of software that has remote control capabilities, and that many people already have on their computers is Microsoft's Netmeeting. Windows XP doesn't install the Netmeeting short cut under Accessories, Communications like previous versions, but the program is still there, nevertheless. To start Netmeeting, run "conf.exe". If Netmeeting hasn't been run before, a wizard will step the user through setting it up. Once Netmeeting is set up, another wizard can be run to set up Remote Desktop Sharing (look under Tools).
I have been using Netmeeting to remotely control my work PC from home for about 3 years, sporadically, and for the last 4 months I have been using it every week day, 9 hours a day. I have tried using realVNC a few times, but I like Netmeeting better. The mouse movements always seemed smoother. Another plus is that Pest Patrol and other anti-spyware programs don't include Netmeeting as spyware like they do VNC. Microsoft has a Knowledgebase article about how to configure the XP firewall to allow Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing to work:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;878451
Thanks for the great newsletter! ---Cliff Linton
Nice tip, Cliff. Thanks!
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