[This is a repost after a small issue with rule six that resulted in the original being taken down, and has now been rectified. Thank you mods]
[Please also read thoroughly before commenting. It’s really r/facepalm worthy the number of stupid comments I’m seeing because apparently, a lot of you can’t read]
So this happened last October, in 2020, and I feel it’s finally safe to share it.
Given the situation at that time, going to campus was a no-go so everything was online. As such, a lot of programs used for course work, which were only on PC, needed a remote link for those of us on Macs or other devices. This link connects students to assigned desktops physically on campus through an application like Citrix. It would only allow students onto the desktops when another class was not remotely ‘using’ that lab at the time, and at night, when registered classes were done. The on-campus computers would show that their drives were in use, so the students who lived on campus would know that someone was remotely accessing it.
Well, I was taking a course in Remote Sensing, which required access to programs such as ArcMap, ArcGIS, R, and ERDAS (you can look them up). They were only available on PC so I, as a MacBook user, needed to use the remote link.
The issue started at the start of October, when I was working on an assignment in ArcMap. I was really startled when I was suddenly kicked out, and then furious because I hadn’t had the chance to save my latest input. I then went back to the webpage, re-input my student credentials, and logged into a different desktop.
Not two minutes later was I logged out AGAIN.
Rightly peeved, I emailed the professor and TAs about it, and moved onto other homework. I figured it was a bug that it would soon be fixed.
No. It continued throughout the entire fuggin month. I ended up having to work on my remote labs between 9pm and 2am, as I literally was not able to work during the day without being kicked off. It was really annoying, especially since I couldn’t even work during my assigned lab time!
Other students started reporting this, and we’d get a lot of emails from IT. Updates, patches, and things like that we had to install to try and patch this ‘bug’. And nothing worked. It was painful.
I decided that enough was enough, and took a train to campus after my online morning classes. If it was going to keep booting me off the remote, then I would just go in-person!
I completed the online health check, got to camp
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Any hardware solution for remote controlling another computer within my network?
I'm working from home and I don't have anymore space at home for another desk, so I'm planning to put my workstation beside my home computer desk and remote control it from there. Unfortunately, I'm not allowed to install anything in it, so I'm resolving in using a hardware-based remote-controller. Something that not only transport the display and keyboard/mouse input, but also the audio input/output.
Hello, I have a windows 10 pc in my home which I have 24/7 running and using it as a combined file server/radarr/sonarr/HTPC and whatever else I happen to use. I want to have remote desktop over the internet.
Right now I am using widows remote desktop with port open over the internet in the router. I use a strong password but I understand that it is not a very secure method.
Should I use another method, for example a VPN connection so I do not have to open the RD port, or another app like teamviewer or VNC?
I am not looking for the absolute most secure way for remote desktop, just a reasonable pretty much secure way. I want to be able to connect to my remote desktop from windows pc, android phone and ipad.
I was an IT technician but I really burnt out from work and now I'm on a totally different field. Now I barely use my v4 xeon workstation and I tought to just install proxmox and rack it. My use will be very light, but sometimes i'll crunch numbers. Mostly watching content hosted on a vm, searches (google-fu, not searching if a restaurant is open), some latex and occasionally gaming (Stardew Valley, Minecraft but not a lot more). I need it to be responsive. I tought of using a Raspberry or a similar arm sbc as a client but i could consider other options. Also i'm using a radeon gpu (rx580 8gb) would using rocm to share the gpu between multiple vm's be worth the trouble? Thanks in advance
I am helping my elderly mother in law with her computer, who is located at a different country.
Until now, she had a laptop running Windows 7 as the only thing she needs to run is Skype and YouTube (well, a browser).
The laptop is ready to kick the bucket, so I have prepared a NUC for her. I installed Fedora 35 and set it up nice and simple. Before I post it, I thought I'd check that Anydesk runs properly, and lucky that I did as it turns out it does not work with Wayland. I looked into it and it seems Anydesk have no plans of supporting Wayland, so they are out of the game. Now I need to find a way that will allow me remote support when she faces problems.
The idea is that there is minimal interaction from her when she needs support. Say something goes wrong, she sends me a quick text to say "can you please fix my computer?". Then I need to be able to login to her computer and do whatever needs doing, without her having to click on anything. Anydesk was perfect for that, but isn't usable anymore.
I found this video that explains the process that works for Wayland. The problem is that the video refers to computers in the same LAN. So I thought I'd create a DDNS for her computer, in the hope that I would be able to connect this way. Of course, it didn't work.
Then I discovered Guacamole, which I can run on my Unraid server with the great instructions from Spaceinvader One's video here. Unfortunately, there are no instructions on how to set up the client.
So now I have run out of ideas. Is there any way I can create a remote desktop connection from my PC to hers? I am running Fedora 34 or Windows 10, if that matters.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I've been using Linux fully for close to two years now but have a few bug bears that really anger me, and my inability to get a simple remote desktop connection to my desktop from wherever I am is pretty high up there.
I use Gnome with the default Wayland compositor. There seems to be a lot of material out there about Wayland and various other connecting parts/variants not being able to function in a remote desktop context (regardless of protocol), so I thought I'd try using Guacamole with VNC on X11.
Twice now I've followed guides online telling me to uncomment #EnableWayland=false in /etc/gdm/custom.conf, however, doing so completely bricks my system - not even able to alt-Fx to console.
I'm curious to know how others manage remote access and what sort of compromises they have to make, and also whether the supposed shortcomings of the 'amazing' Wayland will be remedied any time soon?
I came from an environment with SCCM and I exclusively used the SCCM remote tool for it's simplicity and reliability. Is there a free tool like this? What's everyone else using and what are the drawbacks?
I'm looking for something that doesn't require any user input to establish the connection.
I have a lot of downtime at work I can better utilize and I'd like to do at home on my powerful workhorse PC.
Is there a way I can set up my work computer to view and operate my home computer utilizing all my home computers resources, and that I can activate any time from work as long as my home computer is turned on and unlocked?
The simpler the program the better - possibly something I can install on my home computer but operate via browser at work? I have admin privelege on my work computer but I don't want to abuse it or risk losing that privelege.
Good morning,
So I was having some problems with my HP Elite tablet and was looking at getting something new. I saw the unlocked Surface Duo and threw it on my Amazon Wishlist as something I could do something more research about and pick up after the holidays. My father then got it for me for Christmas. I didn't realize when I was looking at it that it ran on Android.
The biggest thing I wanted to use on it was OneNote - I do a lot of writing and this was something I could use without an issue. However, I also wanted to use many of the features that comes with the Windows Version of OneNote. So I looked online and found I could set up a remote desktop using the Microsoft Remote Desktop. I have been at this since the New Year and cannot for the life of me figure out what the heck is going on. I have finally gotten it to the user name and password login, but no matter what user name and password I use I haven't been able to log in.
Can anyone give me some advise on what the heck I'm suppose to log in with?
How do remote desktop protocols work? Do they just capture the image of the desktop, the screen layer, and pass it as a continuous stream over the internet like streaming a video, or is it more complex?
Which is best? Which is most stable, reliable and fast, due to the way it’s designed? X11 forwarding over SSH?
Thanks
I have webserver on Ubuntu, I am using Flask on it. And I wonder If I could create a Remote Desktop session in the Flask website. I would run RDP on Localhost port and transmit it to the Flask front end to controll Ubuntu server.
Is this possible?
EDIT:
I will have a look on Guacamole, I have one question. Is somehow possible to "stream, forward" this guacamole localhost:xxxx remote desktop from sever, so i can access the server, from website frontend over internet?
I managed to connect to one of my home PCs using raspberry pi from outside my home network, creating a dynamic dns and forwarding 3389 port for its static IP (i'm not sure i explained it right, but i'm a newbie). I'm using also Wireguard for VPN when i'm connected to another network.
Now my question is, how can i connect to another PC which is in the same location with the above one, from another network? I thought its enough to add its IP in "Virtual Server" section in router settings, but it doesnt. I cannot use the same port (3389) for another IP. I tried with 3390 but no luck.
Hey everyone, similar questions have been asked but I haven’t found any answers I was sure about. I’m a student right now but I do freelance VFX work to help pay for school. I have a very solid desktop setup, but I can’t always be at home to work at my desk. I’m debating if I should get a cheaper laptop and use a remote login or if I should bite the bullet and buy a powerful laptop. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Internet speed is my big concern here. Thanks for any input you have!
I have the app on my Pc and it says my oculus 2 is connected and I followed all the steps on the right side of the screen where it says looking for room but on my oculus it just says waiting for Remote Desktop to connect. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!
Sharing desktop doesn't seem to work (even though it's enabled in the "Remote Desktop" settings) and there's no sound (even though the computer has Bigscreen Audio Stream 1.2 driver selected).
I got my father a Quest2 mainly because we live pretty far apart and we want to watch movies/shows together and it doesn't work.
Anyone else experiencing those issues?
Are the devs here?
Thanks!
As title says, downloaded the client on the PC to try the remote desktop capabilities and the client never sees my oculus despite being both connected to my home wifi. Not sure if I'm missing something in the process. Anyone with the same issue?
Is there an equivalent to Microsoft Remote Desktop on Mac? I’d like to be able to monitor my Mac and its completion of tasks while upstairs for example. Local control is a must and remote control would be nice.
Hi,
I am pretty much a windows noob and what I am trying to achieve is to remotely access my Surface Go 2 (running windows 10) from my linux desktop via remote desktop.
I have enabled remote access in the control panel and have started the services "Remote Desktop Services", "Remote Desktop Configuration" and "Remote Desktop Services UserMode Port Redirektor" - they all show as status "running".
I can ping my surface from my desktop but I cannot connect via remote desktop.
When I do a "Get-NetTCPConnection" in powershell there is no open port 3389, which is (or so I believe) my connection cannot work - but why is that?
What do I have to do to enable remote desktop access to my surface?
Many thanks!
Hi all
So i built a pc for all 5 kids to share, all with their own individual user account. The 2 eldest kids are reaching the sexually curious age and i would like the option of using remote desktop to be able to occasionally check in on their activity. I know i can put restrictions in place by blocking certain websites and so on, but i would still like to physically see their activity for piece of mind.
The issue im having with remote desktop is that i have to have all 5 user account passwords at hand to be able to view the screen of whichever child is logged on.
So i would like to know if its possible to set remote desktop to only require the admin password to view any childs screen? Because at the moment, if i enter the admin account and password in remote desktop, it tries to log out the currently logged in child to log in as administrator.
Thanks in advance
I babysit my 4 year old niece and when she's watching her shows and drawing I like to stream my games to my laptop with the remote play feature. Recently started replaying Fallout: New Vegas, it crashes sometimes because it's New Vegas.
Well, today the game soft locked, and now I cant close it on my main PC from my laptop or obviously control the computer at the moment to alt-tab without alt-tabbing out of the stream window.
Anyone know what I can do, or am I just stuck the next hour unable to use it until I get home a few blocks away and close it?
How can I set my Macbook so I can access and use from anywhere?
Can I leave my laptop at home and access it from my iPad or anywhere else?
Is this possible?
*** Edited Post - I have gotten it to work!*** *** See Edit Below Original Post ***
Original Post
I have FTL on my IPad Pro 12.9” and am in love with the game. I often play it on the couch with my wife while she watches random movies. We really enjoy the time together so I do not want to play FTL in my office on my PC.
However I want to play Multiverse which does not work on the IPad for obvious reasons. My thought is to just Remote Desktop my PC from my IPad while I’m on the couch.
Has anyone tried this? What software/setup do you use?
I use Remote PC for work and have no problem operating complex software from my IPad but I have no idea if latency will be an issue. I have also read that Moonlight is really good for streaming games (specially on the same network) if you have a graphics card with NVIDIA’s GeForce so maybe that will work better.
I googled this question and couldn’t find anything so if nobody has experience trying this I’ll just buy the game on steam, install Multiverse, and see what happens. I’ll try to update this post with my findings and if I’m successful or if it was a flop.
Edited Post
I got things to work using Remote PC Remote Desktop by IDrive Incorporated. I have Remote PC installed on my laptop and downloaded the App for my IPad.
The nice thing about Remote PC is that it has the option to use the ‘touch mouse’ or a ‘simulated mouse’
‘Touch Mouse’ - when you touch the screen the PC mouse moves to that location and then if you touch again it’s a left button press and if you press/hold it’s a right button press.
‘Simulated Mouse’ - you drag your finger across the screen and it moves the mouse like you would be using an actual mouse. If you press the screen it left clicks and is you press/hold it right clicks. There is also the virtual left and right mouse buttons at the bottom of the screen that you can use for left and right clicks.
The touch mouse mode was iffy. I kept making mistakes when I wanted to hover over items and bought a few accidentally trying to read what they do. Opening doors and controlling crew members was a bit frustrating as well
Simulated mouse was a little cumbersome at first cause you are constantly dragging your finger around the screen but after I got used to it I hardly noticed
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I'm looking at Remote Desktop software and Screens 4 looks the most promising especially with the Screens Express feature.
Can anyone speak on how easy or how well the software is? If there's is an alternative that's competitive, I'd like to know about that as well. I work in IT so, anything technical is no problem as long as I have to handle all of it and the end product is simple to use for my family members.
There was a new remote desktop update and my HP laptop with Intel integrated graphics finally works! I can now see my desktop in bigscreenVR!
One question, are there recommended settings I need to change on my PC, I noticed when watching Netflix that it worked well at first but then the screen started going black and all I could get was audio. I would back out to main screen on Netflix and replay movie but screen would flash for a second and then go black again and only can hear movie audio? Anyone know how to fix this?
This is likely a stupid question but here goes. In Active Directory, there is a group in the Builtin OU named 'Remote Desktop Users'. What does being a member of that group grant you the right to do? I just realized that a couple of our IT staff's regular user accounts are members of that group and I don't know why or what removing them would do to those accounts. Does membership mean you can remote desktop to any domain-joined machine in the domain? Or does it just let you Remote Desktop to the domain controllers themselves? and are they just left over from when the DC's were member servers and not domain controllers?
I have a Win 10 laptop that I would like to turn into a home server and I would like to remote in with full functionality from a Win 11 PC. Here is where I am stuck, should I:
Upgrade the laptop to Win 10 Pro for the remote desktop functionality?
Find a third party option for remote?
Install a different OS?
Or is there something else I'm missing?
Once complete the server will run:
NVR
Docker - Pihole
Onedrive backup
Plex/Jellyfin
Manage a RAID array
Thanks!
Hi all, is there a selfhosted service that provides a poxmox like gui to connect through VNC et similia to my PCs in the localnetwork. i would like to just open this connection manager website from my outside network and connect to a desktop to manage it
thank you :)
- Alles
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I can see my screen but my friend cant, is there something i need to do or she needs to do?
Been looking around and tried anydesk for example. But I can’t get it to work like I want it to.
I want to connect to my Mac Mini M1 (montery) from my iPhone 11 Pro Max (iOS 15).
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Connect to my Mini without the app running all the time on my Mini. At least hide it from the dock and just see it in the menubar.
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Access outside my home network. So I connect to my Mini when i’m not home.
Is there any app that do this?
I work from home and I'm looking to get a surface so I can connect to my job's server through a remote desktop connection. Microsoft Surfaces seems like really great deals for budget laptops that are easily portable with good specs but I can't decide which one to get. They all seem very good but they range from 200 - 1000 dollars and there's a whole line of them. Thinking of the Surface Pro 3 because it seems affordable and still great even though it came out a long time ago. All I'm going to be doing on it is light browsing, watching youtube videos, and working on the remote server. Not looking for a laptop, just suggestions on the Surfaces. Any help is appreciated, thank you!
Hey vintage Mac users... so I have a few old PPC Macs.. the crown jewel being a 1.8GHz upgraded Quicksilver. While fun to play old games on anything using the internet is extremely painful even with the modified 'Fox' based browsers I've tried.
Which got me thinking... I have a very fast Unraid server I could spin up a Windows or Linux VM on to handle the hard work and just remote in with something like RDP.
Has anyone tried this as a useable solution? Microsoft RDP works pretty well on a low end Intel Mac but I'm not sure what the best/fastest option for PPC would be? - Also open to running some sort of Linux VM on the server if that would be a better option.
TL:DR - what's the fastest Remote Desktop option for a PPC Mac to connect to a Windows or Linux machine.
Thanks all
Hello I am wondering what mistake I am making. I recently got a quest 2 and I installed Remote Desktop for bigscreen on my computer and it’s playing the Amazon prime video Audio but not seeing the picture. Any way to fix this? Any comment would be appreciated.
As I said in the title. The new app doesn't work for me. I'm on windows 11 so maybe it's something to do with that
tl;dr Does a file contents scan for JndiLookup.class, then runs VirusTotal/yara to search log files. Will install Visual C++ runtime if missing so yara can run. Reports via email and back to calling tool. Compatible with on-demand file sync tools like OneDrive so can be run on desktop workstations as well as servers.
This is another basic scan script for Log4j. It's optimized for Ninja RMM but it will work fine with most other RMM tools as well as manual execution. Beside the main script is a Runner script you can modify and distribute which automatically pulls the latest version of the main script. You can call the main script or the runner with the same parameters and / or download and modify them directly.
Ultimately this was written for my company's clients but we felt it was important to support the community in the midst of this hot mess. There are plenty of features "missing" but given this is not an ongoing maintenance item needed we just kept it streamlined. The readme has a list of available parameters and their purpose if you want to see what options are built-in.
I put as much detail as possible in the readme, check it out. Appreciate any feedback!
https://github.com/AshtonSolutions/log4j-ninja-scanner
Taking CMPEN 270 and I need Windows to install Vivado, has anyone used this?
https://www.engr.psu.edu/covid19-it-instructions/secured/
Does your stuff gets saved on it (softwares that you download and stuff) and does basys 3 board work on remote desktops?
[Cross posted from r/ProRevenge, as apparently there’s a felony in here…? Eh. Anyways, here it is!]
So this happened last October, in 2020, and I feel it’s finally safe to share it.
Given the situation at that time, going to campus was a no-go so everything was online. As such, a lot of programs used for course work, which were only on PC, needed a remote link for those of us on Macs or other devices. This link connects students to assigned desktops physically on campus through an application like Citrix. It would only allow students onto the desktops when another class was not remotely ‘using’ that lab at the time, and at night, when registered classes were done. The on-campus computers would show that their drives were in use, so the students who lived on campus would know that someone was remotely accessing it.
Well, I was taking a course in Remote Sensing, which required access to programs such as ArcMap, ArcGIS, R, and ERDAS (you can look them up). They were only available on PC so I, as a MacBook user, needed to use the remote link.
The issue started at the start of October, when I was working on an assignment in ArcMap. I was really startled when I was suddenly kicked out, and then furious because I hadn’t had the chance to save my latest input. I then went back to the webpage, re-input my student credentials, and logged into a different desktop.
Not two minutes later was I logged out AGAIN.
Rightly peeved, I emailed the professor and TAs about it, and moved onto other homework. I figured it was a bug that it would soon be fixed.
No. It continued throughout the entire fuggin month. I ended up having to work on my remote labs between 9pm and 2am, as I literally was not able to work during the day without being kicked off. It was really annoying, especially since I couldn’t even work during my assigned lab time!
Other students started reporting this, and we’d get a lot of emails from IT. Updates, patches, and things like that we had to install to try and patch this ‘bug’. And nothing worked. It was painful.
I decided that enough was enough, and took a train to campus after my online morning classes. If it was going to keep booting me off the remote, then I would just go in-person!
I completed the online health check, got to campus no problem, and made my way to the building that housed all the PCs. Yes, we have a building that houses all the PCs for computer classes. Anyways, I went up and towards the lab that my credentials were reg
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