[CUBE] OT: Remote Access

[Eagle]

On Tuesday, Dec 10, 2002, at 11:52 US/Eastern, Riba wrote:
>>> often (I tend to use VNC primarily to control a windows box
>>> remotely from my cube), but haven't found a workaround for that
>>> issue...
>>
>> Oh, VNC works GREAT for controlling Windows boxes.  It's a nice
>> workaround for remote X11 display too... the only problem with it is
>> when using it with a Mac server.  You're right about the price
>> though. :)  If I didn't have access to an extra (legit) Timbuktu
>> license at work, I would be using VNC too.
>
> I found out that Microsoft's own Remote Desktop Connection 1.0 works
> great for PC servers.

If you're connecting to Microsoft Terminal Servers, yes, Microsoft's 
RDC is an EXCELLENT client.  Unfortunately it won't connect to Citrix 
servers, so if you need to talk to a Citrix server you need to use the 
Citrix client (which, incidentally, CAN talk to a Microsoft Terminal 
Server).

Eagle