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["Bill Geschwind" <geschwin AT email.unc.edu>]

I want to second the suggestion for VNC. There is always PC Anywhere,
but VNC is free, it's Open Source, and it has been ported to just about
any platform imaginable. In fact, there is even a Palm client for VNC
which I have running on my cell phone/Palm combo device, and it works
surprisingly well - meaning that I can remotely view and control my
desktop from my phone (!!). I am starting to roll out VNC all over my
network. On Windows NT/2000 boxes it can be installed as an application
that will have to be launched on the remote end (about three clicks)
before you can remotely view/control the desktop, and it can also be
installed as a service so that it becomes available after boot-up before
the user logs in.

- Bill


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Bill Geschwind
Technical Assistance Manager
Department of Technology and Systems Support  
Division of Student Affairs, University of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill
03 Teague Hall, CB# 5510                               (919) 962-5629
Chapel Hill, NC 27599                          geschwin AT email.unc.edu
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Beimler [mailto:john AT radiomind.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 8:27 AM
> To: InterNetWorkers
> Subject: [internetworkers] Re: Alternatives to WebEx?
> 
> 
> commence  quotation from Michael Czeiszperger 
> <czei AT webperformanceinc.com> [on 020612 08:11]:
> 
> > I was wondering if anyone had a suggestion for a competitor 
> to WebEx? 
> > They
> > have software which enables you to take over a remote 
> desktop; I want to use 
> > it to provide tech. support for customers. It can also be 
> used to allow 
> > someone remote to view my desktop, which I can use to give 
> demonstrations of 
> > our software.
> > 
> Have you looked at VNC (http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/) 
> or TightVNC (http://www.tightvnc.com/)? I've used that for 
> remote demos, and the cool thing is that people can view the 
> desktop in a Java enabled browser, so they don't have to 
> install client software.  Oh, and its free.
> 
> Peace.
> 
> john
> 
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