Accessing remote PC

I have shoehorned an old PC into a cupboard that other PC's on my home
network can access files from.

I want to be able to check how much space I have left on the drives but can
only get access to the files on the drives.
As I said, the PC is shoehorned into a cupboard with virtually no space. I
know the easiest way would be to connect it to a monitor and do it that way
but is there anything I can do remotely to access this PC to avoid the
hassle?

Thanks.

"Steven Campbell" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> I have shoehorned an old PC into a cupboard that other PC's on
> my home network can access files from.
>
> I want to be able to check how much space I have left on the
> drives but can only get access to the files on the drives.
> As I said, the PC is shoehorned into a cupboard with virtually
> no space. I know the easiest way would be to connect it to a
> monitor and do it that way but is there anything I can do
> remotely to access this PC to avoid the hassle?

If it runs XP Pro (which I doubr as it is an old PC), you could
access it via RDP. Alternatively, try VNC - available free from here:
http://www.realvnc.com/

"Frazer Jolly Goodfellow" <no-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Steven Campbell" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:43e75ec0$0$3608$(E-Mail Removed):
>
>> I have shoehorned an old PC into a cupboard that other PC's on
>> my home network can access files from.
>>
>> I want to be able to check how much space I have left on the
>> drives but can only get access to the files on the drives.
>> As I said, the PC is shoehorned into a cupboard with virtually
>> no space. I know the easiest way would be to connect it to a
>> monitor and do it that way but is there anything I can do
>> remotely to access this PC to avoid the hassle?
>
> If it runs XP Pro (which I doubr as it is an old PC), you could
> access it via RDP. Alternatively, try VNC - available free from here:
> http://www.realvnc.com/

Sorry, forgot to elaborate. It is old for me in that the other PC's are a
lot newer (if that makes sense ;o) ) It does run XP Pro.
I had a look at realvnc and tightvnc after reading another post but came to
the conclusion the apps would have to be run on the PC which is acting as a
server (one in the cupboard) which would mean attaching the monitor /
keyboard etc.

Can these be installed remotely?

"Steven Campbell" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Frazer Jolly Goodfellow" <no-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:Xns97629729BF0ECfrz@80.5.182.99...
> > "Steven Campbell" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> > news:43e75ec0$0$3608$(E-Mail Removed):
> >
> >> I have shoehorned an old PC into a cupboard that other PC's on
> >> my home network can access files from.
> >>
> >> I want to be able to check how much space I have left on the
> >> drives but can only get access to the files on the drives.
> >> As I said, the PC is shoehorned into a cupboard with virtually
> >> no space. I know the easiest way would be to connect it to a
> >> monitor and do it that way but is there anything I can do
> >> remotely to access this PC to avoid the hassle?
> >
> > If it runs XP Pro (which I doubr as it is an old PC), you could
> > access it via RDP. Alternatively, try VNC - available free from here:
> > http://www.realvnc.com/
>
> Sorry, forgot to elaborate. It is old for me in that the other PC's are a
> lot newer (if that makes sense ;o) ) It does run XP Pro.
> I had a look at realvnc and tightvnc after reading another post but came
to
> the conclusion the apps would have to be run on the PC which is acting as
a
> server (one in the cupboard) which would mean attaching the monitor /
> keyboard etc.

If you are running XP pro, you don't need anything else:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...dclientdl.mspx
HTH
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Rob

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> "Steven Campbell" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> "Frazer Jolly Goodfellow" <no-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:Xns97629729BF0ECfrz@80.5.182.99...
>> > "Steven Campbell" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>> > news:43e75ec0$0$3608$(E-Mail Removed):
>> >
>> >> I have shoehorned an old PC into a cupboard that other PC's on
>> >> my home network can access files from.
>> >>
>> >> I want to be able to check how much space I have left on the
>> >> drives but can only get access to the files on the drives.
>> >> As I said, the PC is shoehorned into a cupboard with virtually
>> >> no space. I know the easiest way would be to connect it to a
>> >> monitor and do it that way but is there anything I can do
>> >> remotely to access this PC to avoid the hassle?
>> >
>> > If it runs XP Pro (which I doubr as it is an old PC), you could
>> > access it via RDP. Alternatively, try VNC - available free from here:
>> > http://www.realvnc.com/
>>
>> Sorry, forgot to elaborate. It is old for me in that the other PC's are a
>> lot newer (if that makes sense ;o) ) It does run XP Pro.
>> I had a look at realvnc and tightvnc after reading another post but came
> to
>> the conclusion the apps would have to be run on the PC which is acting as
> a
>> server (one in the cupboard) which would mean attaching the monitor /
>> keyboard etc.
>
> If you are running XP pro, you don't need anything else:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...dclientdl.mspx
> HTH


Thanks but wouldn't I still need to rig up the monitor / keyboard etc to the
PC in the cupboard in order to activate the remote desktop connection? At
least for the first time anyway?

In article <43e78302$0$3614$(E-Mail Removed)>,
Steven Campbell says...

> Thanks but wouldn't I still need to rig up the monitor / keyboard etc to the
> PC in the cupboard in order to activate the remote desktop connection? At
> least for the first time anyway?
>
No. That's the idea for it. Same with RealVNC.


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Conor,

Same shit, different day.

Conor <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed) t:

> In article
> <43e78302$0$3614$(E-Mail Removed)>, Steven
> Campbell says...
>
>> Thanks but wouldn't I still need to rig up the monitor /
>> keyboard etc to the PC in the cupboard in order to activate the
>> remote desktop connection? At least for the first time anyway?
>>
> No. That's the idea for it. Same with RealVNC.
>
>
Conor,
I think you are mistaken. To get RDP or RealVNC to work initially
you need to install and enable it on the target system - which
means monitor/keyboard/mouse are required.

Steve,
Once set up, you should be able to start up and control the PC
remotely, including installing software, rebooting etc., without
the need for peripherals. I think that's what Conor was referring
to.

"Frazer Jolly Goodfellow" <no-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Conor <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:(E-Mail Removed) t:
>
>> In article
>> <43e78302$0$3614$(E-Mail Removed)>, Steven
>> Campbell says...
>>
>>> Thanks but wouldn't I still need to rig up the monitor /
>>> keyboard etc to the PC in the cupboard in order to activate the
>>> remote desktop connection? At least for the first time anyway?
>>>
>> No. That's the idea for it. Same with RealVNC.
>>
>>
> Conor,
> I think you are mistaken. To get RDP or RealVNC to work initially
> you need to install and enable it on the target system - which
> means monitor/keyboard/mouse are required.
>
> Steve,
> Once set up, you should be able to start up and control the PC
> remotely, including installing software, rebooting etc., without
> the need for peripherals. I think that's what Conor was referring
> to.

I thought it was too good to be true, not having to balance a monitor /
keyboard etc for the initial installation.
I suppose if it is a one off, I could put up with the hassle.
I'll give the RDP a try.

Thanks for the input.

as an alternative, you could use dameware or similar: assuming you have
an admin account on the remote box, it can install itself as a service
remotely, allow full remote control when needed (i'd suggest using it
to setup remote desktop rather than using it all the time as RDP is
*nice*), and stop/remove itself on disconnect.
great bit of software: it's not free but worth knowing about...

ric

In article <Xns9762DAC422C96frz@62.253.170.163>, Frazer Jolly
Goodfellow says...
> Conor <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:(E-Mail Removed) t:
>
> > In article
> > <43e78302$0$3614$(E-Mail Removed)>, Steven
> > Campbell says...
> >
> >> Thanks but wouldn't I still need to rig up the monitor /
> >> keyboard etc to the PC in the cupboard in order to activate the
> >> remote desktop connection? At least for the first time anyway?
> >>
> > No. That's the idea for it. Same with RealVNC.
> >
> >
> Conor,
> I think you are mistaken. To get RDP or RealVNC to work initially
> you need to install and enable it on the target system - which
> means monitor/keyboard/mouse are required.
>
Well you have to do that on every single remote accessing method there
is. A decent OS by default has it disabled.


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Conor,

Same shit, different day.