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Can I get a Vista laptop to run Remote Desktop 'server' or VNC 'server' as a service, so I can connect without having to log on to the remote laptop? I have a laptop with a broken screen here at work, where I can borrow a screen. I want to set it up that at home, when it's connected to my router via cable, I can just switch it one and connect remotely. I don't want to have to log on, because I can't see most of the display, and logging on blind all the time defeats the convenience - I only need this temporarily, for a few days to get data off the machine.
modified on Monday, March 16, 2009 5:23 PM
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Can I get a Vista laptop to run Remote Desktop 'server' or VNC 'server' as a service, so I can connect without having to log on to the remote laptop? I have a laptop with a broken screen here at work, where I can borrow a screen. I want to set it up that at home, when it's connected to my router via cable, I can just switch it one and connect remotely. I don't want to have to log on, because I can't see most of the display, and logging on blind all the time defeats the convenience - I only need this temporarily, for a few days to get data off the machine.
modified on Monday, March 16, 2009 5:23 PM
Sounds like a post that should be under the "General IT Discussions" forum. Just need data off the machine? Then pull the hard drive out and drop into an external. VNC should work, I'm sure..But so would Logmein.com.
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Can I get a Vista laptop to run Remote Desktop 'server' or VNC 'server' as a service, so I can connect without having to log on to the remote laptop? I have a laptop with a broken screen here at work, where I can borrow a screen. I want to set it up that at home, when it's connected to my router via cable, I can just switch it one and connect remotely. I don't want to have to log on, because I can't see most of the display, and logging on blind all the time defeats the convenience - I only need this temporarily, for a few days to get data off the machine.
modified on Monday, March 16, 2009 5:23 PM
Brady Kelly wrote:
I have a laptop with a broken screen
That's not Vista caused you to put your fist through your new Dell's screen is it Brady? ;P
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Brady Kelly wrote:
I have a laptop with a broken screen
That's not Vista caused you to put your fist through your new Dell's screen is it Brady? ;P
Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p
:laugh: No, it's my old Acer - I fell on the screen. My new Dell is actually my new Acer, and I now have a ZAR 800 Targus backpack especially for laptops, instead of a ZAR 70 backpack with padding like a woman's stockings.
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Can I get a Vista laptop to run Remote Desktop 'server' or VNC 'server' as a service, so I can connect without having to log on to the remote laptop? I have a laptop with a broken screen here at work, where I can borrow a screen. I want to set it up that at home, when it's connected to my router via cable, I can just switch it one and connect remotely. I don't want to have to log on, because I can't see most of the display, and logging on blind all the time defeats the convenience - I only need this temporarily, for a few days to get data off the machine.
modified on Monday, March 16, 2009 5:23 PM
Brady Kelly wrote:
an I get a Vista laptop to run Remote Desktop 'server' or VNC 'server' as a service, so I can connect without having to log on to the remote laptop?
If you have business edition (I think) or "better" you can setup remote desktop to accept connections. For vnc I think that ultravnc[^] has a vista compatible product.
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:laugh: No, it's my old Acer - I fell on the screen. My new Dell is actually my new Acer, and I now have a ZAR 800 Targus backpack especially for laptops, instead of a ZAR 70 backpack with padding like a woman's stockings.
Brady Kelly wrote:
now have a ZAR 800 Targus backpack
Worth it. I've got a Lowepro one with camera stowage as well as nicely sized laptop storage. Fits a lot better than the old no-name laptop rucksack I used before I got my MBP.
Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p