[windows2000] Re: Remote Assistance/Desktop

  • From: Dogers <dogers@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 15:15:42 +0000

God no, not the company firewall!

I mean XP's :)

We have it enabled by default as a CYA if any accidents happen ;)

Andrew

On 09/11/05, Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Dogers <> scribbled on Wednesday, November 09, 2005 3:44 PM:
>
> I know what you mean...
>
> Anyway, I wouldn't unblock the VNC ports in the company firewall if I
> were you, and that's what you mean?
>
> VNC is well-known to crackers and hackers... Granted, you can lock it
> down using white-lists and stuff, but I'd still rather see a way to
> initiate a mail-remote-desktop-session and yadda, yadda, yadda, using an
> already built-in program. I really with Microsoft could point its wand
> over the rdp-clients and do some magic. 8-/
>
>
> > Yeah, I remember you asking, was hoping we had found an answer! Guess
> not,
> > bah!
> >
> > Whats annoyed me is just now we tried doing one WITH an invite and it
> kept
> > wanting to kick the user off anyway!
> >
> > Will have to get VNC unblocked on the firewall I guess :(
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> >
> > On 09/11/05, Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Dogers <> scribbled on Wednesday, November 09, 2005 3:38 PM:
> >
> > I asked the same thing a while back, but didn't really come any
> > conclusion. Anyway, I'd like to do this too.
> >
> >> Anyone know if theres a way to connect to an XP machines console
> session,
> >> without logging off the current user? I know the user can send an
> invite
> >> and ask you to connect, but is there a way to connect without the
> user
> >> sending the initial invite?
>
>
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