Pcanywhere

[fatattack 0]

I regularly use Pcanywhere to do some remote administration.

 

Although I know that some alternatives will work under XP I am not so sure about Pcanywhere though.

 

I am using v 9.2 (windows 2k compatible version)

 

If anyone has tried it on XP please let me know the results.

 

thanks

[OLEerror 0]

PCanywhere 9.2 works very well in Windows XP. The only issue I had with it is it disabled the Windows Welcome Screen. I got the old Widnows NT/2000 login dialog instead. Uninstalling PCanywhere resolved this. It did this in both Beta 2 and RC1. I haven't had the opportunity to try it with RC2.

[fatattack 0]

thanks for the info

 

i figured it would do some weird **** to the login as it had warned before i attempted an install

[EddiE314 0]

9.2 works fine here on 2526 RC2, same thing happens like OLError said.

[DosFreak 2]

Anyone try 10 yet? I have it but haven't tried it.

[fatattack 0]

i tried it under win2k twice and twice it ****ed up my system hard.

 

( video card driver totally gone and unable to function until I did a reinstall)

 

Once I sort of got it working and I couldn't connect to a 9.x server.

Maybe it was the less than flawless install :-) but it looked to me like this thing wasn't backwards compatible at all.

 

So if it ****s your system up in 2k it's bound to **** it up in XP

 

Anyone had any good XP with PCA 10 ??

[Sweevo 0]

I've been using PcAnywhere 10 for the last couple of weeks with no problems at all.

 

Like previous posts have said - If you install it with Host capability then it will replace the Microsoft GINA (the login screen) with the Windows 2000 version.

 

I've installed in Remote only which means that I can take over screens but I can't put my machine into host mode to have my screen taken over (which is no problem for me as I only use it for dial-in support for work)

 

So to cut a long story short, use remote only install option if you don't want to stuff up the pretty log-in screen

[FatFish 0]

Why not use VNC? It's free, and it works.

[FadedTimes 0]

because VNC is open source. I'm not a programmer and I've been able to hack it with even basic knowledge of C.

[fastsvo 0]

anyone have any issues with being unable to uninstall PC anywhere in XP Pro...even physically deleting it from the HD? I believe it's looking for a network...or a network administrator. Thanks.

[Mr.Guvernment 0]

NetOp Remote Control.

[adamvjackson 0]

Thoughts about VNC (any build/distro) vs. Radmin?

[Mr.Guvernment 0]

VNC is not secure enough to use over the internet i think. as someone else said:

 

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FadedTimes Posted: 19th August 2001 10:45 Post subject:

 

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because VNC is open source. I'm not a programmer and I've been able to hack it with even basic knowledge of C.