VNC from Windows machine to Fedora box

[Dotan Cohen]

On 06/01/2008, Mr.Scrooge <maximilian_bianco at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Just install VNC server on the windows box and then vnc on
> F7/F8(have not used FC6) and away you
> go.

She doesn't want to install anything more on that machine, and I'm in
doubt that she could. It's a mess. It would already be running Fedora
or Ubuntu, but she needs Top Producer, a Windows-only real estate
program.

> Assuming of course the firewalls and such are also properly
> configured. I do it at work all
> the time. As for a built in viewer in XP, that I did not know but i
> doubt anything M$ built in is
> compatible out of the box with Linux, then again the world is
> changing quickly so you never know.

There is a built in _server_ in WinXP Professional, from the little I
understand. I need to connect to that from a Fedora client 5000 KM
away.

> Plus for everything I know there are 10 things I don't.

Assuming binary, 1:2 isn't so bad :)

> Always
> consult the documentation! Always
> collaborate what you find with some independent source.

That's what I'm doing now!

> Let
> me know about this built in VNC....

I will.

Dotan Cohen

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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?