share screen with windows?

[twoodcc]

can i take over my mac screen from windows 7? like with remote desktop or something?

 

[Roy Hobbs]

can i take over my mac screen from windows 7? like with remote desktop or something?

VNC should do the trick

 

[twoodcc]

VNC should do the trick

okay. but it won't work quite like screen sharing in leopard does i guess

 

[DoFoT9]

okay. but it won't work quite like screen sharing in leopard does i guess

turn on VNC sharing in the system prefs>sharing>remote management. hit the "options" button and tick "allow VNC .....".

download a VNC viewer (TightVNC is alright) and then type in the IP of your mac. you could also use a mac VNC server (vine is probs the best) and that will work for you too

 

[twoodcc]

turn on VNC sharing in the system prefs>sharing>remote management. hit the "options" button and tick "allow VNC .....".

download a VNC viewer (TightVNC is alright) and then type in the IP of your mac. you could also use a mac VNC server (vine is probs the best) and that will work for you too

thanks! i'll try that out. but nothing built into windows 7 that i can use?

 

[DoFoT9]

thanks! i'll try that out. but nothing built into windows 7 that i can use?

thats whats the VNC viewer is for (Tight VNC or similar).

 

[twoodcc]

thats whats the VNC viewer is for (Tight VNC or similar).

ok i gotcha. macs use VNC, while windows use another protocol, right?

 

[DoFoT9]

ok i gotcha. macs use VNC, while windows use another protocol, right?

haha no no silly, VNC is a universal protocol. windows, mac, unix, linux, they are all compatible. (kinda like TCP i guess, but in a different field)

 

[twoodcc]

haha no no silly, VNC is a universal protocol. windows, mac, unix, linux, they are all compatible. (kinda like TCP i guess, but in a different field)

right, but VNC does not work out of the box in windows. but windows does have a remote desktop app or whatever (can't remember what it's called) that uses a different protocol. i think

 

[DoFoT9]

right, but VNC does not work out of the box in windows. but windows does have a remote desktop app or whatever (can't remember what it's called) that uses a different protocol. i think

yes thats correct. windows Remote Desktop doesnt support the VNC protocol (windows has to be different and make their own - apparently its quite fast but ive never had two PC's to test it on).

 

[twoodcc]

yes thats correct. windows Remote Desktop doesnt support the VNC protocol (windows has to be different and make their own - apparently its quite fast but ive never had two PC's to test it on).

yeah i've used it when i was at college, and it seemed much faster than screen sharing on my macs

 

[DoFoT9]

yeah i've used it when i was at college, and it seemed much faster than screen sharing on my macs

are your macs sharing via wireless and at collega was via ethernet?

using apples Remote Desktop and whatever protocol they use i hardly see any lag - this is with ethernet - at full quality.

but meh idk.

 

[twoodcc]

are your macs sharing via wireless and at collega was via ethernet?

using apples Remote Desktop and whatever protocol they use i hardly see any lag - this is with ethernet - at full quality.

but meh idk.

both on wireless. and yes, there is like no lag with windows. but oh well

 

[DoFoT9]

both on wireless. and yes, there is like no lag with windows. but oh well

how odd, windows might use a lower bitrate or something, or maybe theyve coded it better (shock horror)!

goodluck with it all!!!