Why I became a Mac fanboy (Windows 7, VNC issues)
So I just got a used PC from my brother-in-law, which I’m excited about. I’m planning on using it as a media server. Would love to hook it up to my tv and use the tv as a monitor.
I’ve loaded Windows 7 on it. Which looks pretty slick. But I’ve been trying to do a couple things with it that have me really frustrated.
The main thing I want to do is enable screen sharing from my Macbook to the PC. I’ve just about conceded that I won’t be able to use my HDTV as a monitor, but I don’t want to add another monitor. I just want the PC to be a server and I want to be able to control it and make changes to it through my Macbook.
I’m having some problems.
On my Macbook it’s easy. My Macbook actually has it’s own built in VNC client. I go to my system preferences and turn on sharing. Go to finder, connect as server, type in VNC://Whatever IP address is. And it works.
Not so easy with my PC. I started with the firewall/network settings. Allowing certain things that I thought should be allowed to have access to work…nothing. Then I basically allowed everything to have access…nothing worked. Then I tried turning off the firewall…still nothing. I’m at a loss.
I need someone to help me that knows a lot about setting up VNC on a windows PC. I know it’s possible. It probably isn’t that hard if you know what you’re looking for. But once it again. It’s for reasons like this that I switched to a Mac and I’m loving it.
If you think you could help me please leave a comment and contact info.
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I think you need this:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/remote-desktop/default.mspx
It’s what I use to control my windows home server from the mac.
It worked. I had to go to another area in the control panel and turn on Remote Management but it worked. I can’t connect with a different VNC client though. I’d still like to get that to work.
То что бредомысли это точно
Видно настиг творческий кризис. Мысле нет о чем писать
As of now, I think the only VNC version that is compatible with Windows 7 is the RealVNC 4.5.0, which is not free. So I guess the Remote Desktop is the better option.
Try ultra VNC. It works fine on windows 7 for me. The free version of Real VNC did not.
Also, in order to use VNC on a Mac, you have to enable it from system preferences so it isn’t that different from enabling remote desktop in control panel.
realvnc free works just fine on my windows 7 install….