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Message 52081 - Posted: 22 Jan 2014, 10:15:08 UTC

Hi
I was wondering if anyone has suggestions about the best free tool to use to connect to Boinc machines remotely.

I had tried the windows remote desktop a couple of years ago, but it crashed the GPU tasks. The logmein free process was great but it is now finishing up. The machines i have are XP, W7 and W8.

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Message 52082 - Posted: 22 Jan 2014, 10:21:18 UTC - in response to Message 52081.  

A similar discussion thread at SETI seems to be coming down in favour of Teamviewer: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=73874

Yes, Windows Remote Desktop is fundamentally incompatible with BOINC tasks running on GPUs. Other solutions like VNC work for remote access over a LAN, but are more complicated to set up for fully remote use.
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Message 52102 - Posted: 23 Jan 2014, 4:29:03 UTC

That's too bad, Logmein has been a very good tool for me, to use for "technical support" with my parents and the like. I would be willing to pay for it, but $60/year for each computer seems a bit pricey. Guess I will have to take a look at Teamviewer now; the options for compatibility between Mac and Windows are always difficult.
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Message 52104 - Posted: 23 Jan 2014, 5:39:39 UTC - in response to Message 52082.  

Thanks I've set it up, all good.
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Message 52116 - Posted: 24 Jan 2014, 3:24:34 UTC

Looks like it even has more features than LogMeIn... I wonder how long it will be before they start charging as well?
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