OT: Windows remote control software

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 01:22:18PM -0500, Laura Brody wrote:
>    I want to be able to check out a customer's Windows box
> via remote control. Does anyone have any opinions about programs
> that they have used? TightVNC is free, but it may be missing
> features found in a commercial version. Many of the PCs I get
> have infections that need to be cleaned off, so a reboot and
> automatic reconnect or several might be required in the process.
> 
>    Ideally, it would be low cost or free and a new customer
> could download something from my website (if required) and
> then call me on the phone to say "my PC is ready for you to
> get in and fix whatever is wrong with it - GO!". Most of my
> customers are running XP, but I still have a few 2000, ME
> and 98se boxes go by....

Check out UltraVNC: it has a few things I think you want that TightVNC
doesn't.

Cheers,
-- jra
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