[John Gregory]

I have three machines with different versions Windows (95, 98SE, and XP HE)
all behind a hub, a switch, and a firewall. A few programs on my 98SE won't
run on my XP. That means a trip down three floor levels (short levels of
6 -8 steps but I'm gettin' old).

I ran across a piece of software that looks like it may be the answer I
need: http://www.realvnc.com/index.html. I am concerned about downloading
something from the net and later finding that it has tentacles that stretch
beyond my little home network and now feed data outside my system.

Q1) Will this particular product allow my XP to use programs on my 98SE as
though I were sitting at the 98SE?

Q2) Is there an increased security risk if this software were installed and
used?

[Shenan Stanley]

John Gregory wrote:
>I have three machines with different versions Windows (95, 98SE, and XP HE)
>all behind a hub, a switch, and a firewall. A few programs on my 98SE won't
>run on my XP. That means a trip down three floor levels (short levels of
>6 -8 steps but I'm gettin' old).
>
> I ran across a piece of software that looks like it may be the answer I
> need: http://www.realvnc.com/index.html. I am concerned about downloading
> something from the net and later finding that it has tentacles that
> stretch beyond my little home network and now feed data outside my system.
>
> Q1) Will this particular product allow my XP to use programs on my 98SE as
> though I were sitting at the 98SE?
>
> Q2) Is there an increased security risk if this software were installed
> and used?

First - the best "flavor" of VNC seems to be UltraVNC..
http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/

You can remote into your Windows 98SE system using this - and the people
sitting in front of the system will get to watch you control it completely.
What you see, they see. Anything that allows remote access to your systems
is a security risk - but UltraVNC does have plugins available to make it
more secure.. But if this is a home network and all the machines in question
are on a private NAT network - likely unnecessary plugins.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

[John Gregory]

>>First - the best "flavor" of VNC seems to be UltraVNC..<<

Can you give me a few particulars supporting this version over the one by
the guys from Cambridge?


"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> John Gregory wrote:
>>I have three machines with different versions Windows (95, 98SE, and XP
>>HE) all behind a hub, a switch, and a firewall. A few programs on my 98SE
>>won't run on my XP. That means a trip down three floor levels (short
>>levels of 6 -8 steps but I'm gettin' old).
>>
>> I ran across a piece of software that looks like it may be the answer I
>> need: http://www.realvnc.com/index.html. I am concerned about downloading
>> something from the net and later finding that it has tentacles that
>> stretch beyond my little home network and now feed data outside my
>> system.
>>
>> Q1) Will this particular product allow my XP to use programs on my 98SE
>> as though I were sitting at the 98SE?
>>
>> Q2) Is there an increased security risk if this software were installed
>> and used?
>
> First - the best "flavor" of VNC seems to be UltraVNC..
> http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/
>
> You can remote into your Windows 98SE system using this - and the people
> sitting in front of the system will get to watch you control it
> completely. What you see, they see. Anything that allows remote access to
> your systems is a security risk - but UltraVNC does have plugins available
> to make it more secure.. But if this is a home network and all the
> machines in question are on a private NAT network - likely unnecessary
> plugins.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>

[David Candy]

All windows (except early 95 versions cos it came out just after 95 - one had to download it for early released 95s), incl XP, have Netmeeting which has Remote Desktop feature. Use that. Note this is different to XP's Remote Desktop. In XP type conf in Start Run to use netmeeting. There is no longer a directory at MS for netmeeting so don't use that feature - it was used on;y for boys and girls to watch each other naked so ms shut it down.

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"John Gregory" <jaygreg90@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:eXUVMfdeFHA.640@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>I have three machines with different versions Windows (95, 98SE, and XP HE)
> all behind a hub, a switch, and a firewall. A few programs on my 98SE won't
> run on my XP. That means a trip down three floor levels (short levels of
> 6 -8 steps but I'm gettin' old).
>
> I ran across a piece of software that looks like it may be the answer I
> need: http://www.realvnc.com/index.html. I am concerned about downloading
> something from the net and later finding that it has tentacles that stretch
> beyond my little home network and now feed data outside my system.
>
> Q1) Will this particular product allow my XP to use programs on my 98SE as
> though I were sitting at the 98SE?
>
> Q2) Is there an increased security risk if this software were installed and
> used?
>
>

[Shenan Stanley]

John Gregory wrote:
>>> First - the best "flavor" of VNC seems to be UltraVNC..<<
>
> Can you give me a few particulars supporting this version over the
> one by the guys from Cambridge?

http://doc.uvnc.com/features/index.html

It's the same thing - just with all the extras. The project(s) all stem
from the AT&T Lab in Cambridge version (Which is called "RealVNC") -
everyone else just created improved versions based off of it - adding
features and plugins. At this time I cannot recommend any of the "flavors"
more than UltraVNC - because it comes with the features listed on the web
page above. Real VNC does not have those natively. Most people would use
UltraVNC for the FileTransfer ability alone. heh

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

[bumtracks]

I use XP VNC to control WinVNC on win98 here for something's - works fine..
I block those ports in the router from the outside world just to be safe.

"John Gregory" <jaygreg90@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eXUVMfdeFHA.640@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>I have three machines with different versions Windows (95, 98SE, and XP HE)
>all behind a hub, a switch, and a firewall. A few programs on my 98SE won't
>run on my XP. That means a trip down three floor levels (short levels of
>6 -8 steps but I'm gettin' old).
>
> I ran across a piece of software that looks like it may be the answer I
> need: http://www.realvnc.com/index.html. I am concerned about downloading
> something from the net and later finding that it has tentacles that
> stretch beyond my little home network and now feed data outside my system.
>
> Q1) Will this particular product allow my XP to use programs on my 98SE as
> though I were sitting at the 98SE?
>
> Q2) Is there an increased security risk if this software were installed
> and used?
>
>