Viewing remote desktop

[rjw]

Hello-
Does anyone know of a way to view a remote desktop without any need for
someone to be at the computer. Here is my scenario: We have Public
computers that I administer using Remote Desktop. Sometimes when I
capture them, someone is working on them. I need to find a way to
determine if someone is using the computer before I capture it. Any
suggestions??

 

[Sooner Al [MVP]]

By design you can't do that...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;280828

You might look into using UltraVNC as an alternative...

http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/

Make the sure you use the encryption plug-in or run UltraVNC through a
VPN/SSH tunnel if you use this over the public internet...

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