Re: Questions About RealVNC Personal Edition...

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Is the new computer on Windows XP?  If so, you should be able to keep on
using it as before.  There's no reason you would need to switch to the
paid version.

If the new computer is running Vista or 7, then the free edition won't
help you.  However, you might want to consider other free alternatives,
not only because they would work on the newer OSes, but also, many have
video drivers that help out considerably when running thru slow links. 
(UltraVNC or TightVNC).

As far as SSH clients, best option is PuTTy...

Peter Bunn wrote:
> Hello:
>
> For over a year, I've been using RealVNC (free version) through an SSH 
> tunnel to administer my Dad's Windows XP computer from several hundred 
> miles away.  Recently, his older machine went south and a new one was 
> purchased for him.  I have it mostly restored to the previous setup, but 
> ran into a problem with the SSH program I'd been using... and may want to 
> abandon it.
>
> I'm wondering if the RealVNC Personal Edition would be a better solution 
> for me, and I have a few questions...
>
> Is it as secure as the VNC over SSH tunnel method in all respects?
>
> Can the VNC service be run on a non-standard port (if desired) using the 
> 'native' (XP SP3) Windows Firewall?
>
> Would it be possible to run Personal Edition 'side by side' with the free 
> version (on the same target machine) to provide a backup method?
>
> I'm still on a dialup connection (with no hope of getting broadband 
> anytime soon) and the VNC/SSH combination I'd been using, while slow, was 
> 'survivable'... and a good bit faster than the web access service I had 
> as backup.
>
> With the added encryption overhead, will the Personal Edition of RealVNC 
> likely be noticeably slower than the free version?
>
> Any/all replies welcome and appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Peter B.
>
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