I am looking for a good remote computer program

kodan50 on 23/10/2008 at 18:18

I am looking for a program that is kind of like Remote Desktop, except that doesn't log you off. The computer I plan to control is a media based computer, and I figured it would be better to be able to stash the peripherals and control it remotely from my main computer. I don't want it to log me off because I Will be using it to play video on my TV and whatnot. I would rather the program be free, otherwise I don't mind paying for a good one. Does anyone have any good suggestions?

Huckeye on 23/10/2008 at 19:54

You could try UltraVNC or TightVNC. Both free.

dj_ivocha on 23/10/2008 at 19:59

(http://www.uvnc.com/) UltraVNC is supposed to be pretty good and is free.

The only remote control program I've tried is (http://www.radmin.com/) RAdmin and it's pretty good and easy to set up, but it costs $35.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_remote_desktop_software) Here is a list of various remote control programs, in case the above two don't suit you.

TheOutrider on 23/10/2008 at 22:42

If you want a good HTPC application to use on that computer and controlling it with a remote or gamepad or just mouse+keyboard directly, (http://www.xbmc.org/) XBMC is pretty amazing and recently got Linux, MacOS and Windows ports.

Matthew on 24/10/2008 at 11:21

The sysadmin at our college was talking about this just last night, oddly. He also recommended UltraVNC as above, and also (http://www.code4ward.net/main/) RoyalTS.

kodan50 on 25/10/2008 at 04:51

Awesome! Thanks for the suggestions!