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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: jaylopez on December 30, 2003, 03:11:14 pm

Title: MC and PC Anywhere
Post by: jaylopez on December 30, 2003, 03:11:14 pm

Does anyone have problems running MC, and controlling that PC with PCAnywhere?  I've tried it on a few different machines, and MC doesn't repaint the screen correctly on the Remote machine's screen when you click on anything or have a pop up window.  The host machine (running MC and PCAnywhere) looks fine on it's own screen.  It's just the remote machine that has problems getting a correctly painted screen.

Title: Re:MC and PC Anywhere
Post by: Robert Taylor on December 30, 2003, 04:11:22 pm

Maybe try VNC (http://www.realvnc.com (http://www.realvnc.com)) or TightVNC (http://www.tightvnc.com/ (http://www.tightvnc.com/)) for remote control.

Both of these are freeware. TightVNC is almost identical, but uses compression to speed up response over slow links...

Title: Re:MC and PC Anywhere
Post by: jaylopez on December 31, 2003, 09:17:11 am

Thanks!  TightVNC works much better because it has an option to repaint the whole screen.   :D

Title: Re:MC and PC Anywhere
Post by: Sam on December 31, 2003, 12:37:33 pm

I used to use PCAnywhere to run MC.  The only problem I remember was how long it took to update the screen.  It was slow, but it did repaint the screen properly.  I did have to compromise on the UI...  reduced colors and resolution; it also switched the host desktop to pre-XP style.

Title: Re:MC and PC Anywhere
Post by: sraymond on December 31, 2003, 01:29:02 pm

If running WinXP, the best and easiest solution (IMHO) is Remote Desktop.  It's built-in and gives great security and performance.

Scott-