RE: MS RDC

["John Nye" <john@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Have you had a look at VNC?

I've got a windows only environment and I use tightVNC
http://www.tightvnc.com/ to manage all
my PC's (servers and kiosk, and me
Mums PC) from my office machine.

Don't know zilch about Mac's I'm afraid - I know....my loss -:) but VNC
comes in various flavours so there might be a solution there for you.

HTH

John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Chris Hunter
> Sent: 05 September 2006 12:20
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] MS RDC
>
>
> MS RDC
>
> 'sorry for the long question, but any help / views would be
> appreciated
> .... we've now sent our order for our first long list of
> Idratek modules
> etc, and are about to order the PC to run it - probably a VIA
> '13000 or
> '15000, with C7 & DVI & 1GB RAM & IVC200 - and I was
hoping
> to avoid the
> need for all the add-on stuff (monitor & mouse & keyboard
& DVD/CD
> drive) by using MS RDC to run the PC from my wife's old 550MHz G4
> Powerbook (running OSX - 10.4) - I've Googled & Googled &
> read the MS &
> Apple files on RDC (extracts below), but I'm still not quite
> sure I've
> got it right ... . Clearly (I think) I'll need 'XP Pro pre-loaded
> (presumably) on the PC (rather than 'XP Home), but would I be able to
> start-up the PC purely from the 'Mac, and would I be able to load
&
> update the Idratek software purely from the 'Mac, too, all
> without ever
> needing to have the add-on stuff for the PC ?
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> (Microsoft) :
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/mac/otherproducts/otherproducts.aspx?
> pid=Article_RDC,
> there was some information :
>
> With Remote Desktop Connection Client for 'Mac, you can connect from
> your Macintosh computer to a Windows-based computer and work with
> programs & files on that computer. 'Mac users who have access to a
> Windows-based computer on a network, including users on Intel-based
> 'Macs, can use Remote Desktop Connection as an alternative to
> Microsoft
> Virtual PC for 'Mac. With Remote Desktop Connection, you can : access
> everything available for Windows from your 'Mac desktop; copy
> and paste
> information between 'Mac and Windows programs; use Windows terminal
> servers to provide groups of 'Mac users with access to Windows-only
> programs; print from Windows programs to printers connected
> to your 'Mac
> (PowerPC Macs only). To connect to a Windows-based computer, you need
> network access & permission to connect to the computer. In
> addition, the
> Windows-based computer must be running Terminal Services or Remote
> Desktop Services. The following Windows products support
> Remote Desktop
> connections : Windows XP Professional.
>
> (Apple) :
>
> http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/networking_security/rdcmenu.html
>
> RDC Menu adds an icon to your menu bar, allowing you easy access to
> launch the Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client.
> Besides being an
> easy way to launch the client, it will also keep launching as many
> instances of the application as you need ... you can connect
> to as many
> 'Windows servers as you want to concurrently (Xutils, Version: 1.01,
> Freeware, 1.1MB, Mac OS X 10.3 or later) - (4 August 2005)
>
> (Apple) :
>
> http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/windows/
>
> Mac OS X Tiger provides a variety of features & technologies
> that enable
> Macs & PCs running Windows to work seamlessly together. Macs
> & PCs can
> easily share files, share the same network and can even share
> the same
> peripherals, like printers, scanners & cameras. ... Windows
servers
> automatically appear in the Finder ... shared Macintosh home folders
> appear in the Windows Network Neighborhood ... through file sharing,
> Macs & Windows PCs can open, edit, save & copy the same files
using a
> shared folder or directory on the Mac or PC ... shared
> Windows printers
> automatically appear in the Mac OS X Printer Setup Utility
> ... you can
> create a queue for as many shared Windows (and Macintosh) printers as
> you like ... Mac OS X automatically burns CDs that support the
> cross-platform ISO 9660 standard, which can be read by both
> Macs & PCs
> .... if your Mac has a SuperDrive, you can also burn & share
> files on a
> recordable DVD disc ...
>
> Mac OS X Mail works seamlessly with Microsoft Exchange mail
> servers ...
> Mail supports IMAP so, while you're on the road, you can ... read new
> messages, reply, delete a few items and leave other items for when
> you're back in the office. Mac OS X Tiger also uses standard GNU Zip
> compression and expansion for file attachments so Mac,
> Windows and Linux
> users can easily open & read them ... Mac OS X Tiger is
> VPN-ready right
> out of the box & even supports VPN on demand, which connects and
> disconnects securely to the network as needed. Mac OS X Tiger
> includes a
> built-in VPN client that supports the Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol over
> Internet Protocol Security (L2TP/IPSec) and Point-to-Point Tunneling
> Protocol (PPTP), and is compatible with most popular VPN servers,
> including those from Cisco and Microsoft ... Mac OS X Tiger includes
> built-in support for Microsoft Kerberos (MSK) authentication
> and Active
> Directory authentication policies, such as password changes,
> expiration
> & forced password changes, as well as Active Directory replication
&
> failover ...
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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