Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Fokke Nauta Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-10 Subject: Re: Alternative for remote desktop connection Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2025 20:36:55 +0200 Lines: 62 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net +atI5cwyPdTfo5eSIPW4agbmjF5fiMdgMybxj6N6Dd2curLGzf Cancel-Lock: sha1:iPvjm6UoyMKLLGtIO2oSt2daMnw= sha256:o8fW095Tx+7A+DMQkSETpUzBzkWKLCo4pSk11LkRv0I= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.15.1 Content-Language: nl In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.os.windows-10:186512 On 03/08/2025 02:56, VanguardLH wrote: > Fokke Nauta wrote: > >> On 01/08/2025 16:11, Fokke Nauta wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> At home I have my own W10 pc and two other W10 pc's and two W11 laptops. >>> To have a remote connection with the other pc's and laptops I use >>> RealVNC Viewer. U used it for years, but since last year I have to pay >>> for it (about 250 euro's per year). It's limited for just a few >>> connections. I'm not happy with it. It's too expensive, and sometimes it >>> can't make a connection. >>> Can you advice me an alternative that is cheaper and works well? >>> Many thanks in advance. >>> >>> With kind regards, >>> Fokke Nauta >> >> Thanks for your suggestions. >> I installed TightVNC. It worked well for the other pc's, but not for the >> wifi laptops. It asked for a password which I didn't know. I filled in >> the password for the user of the laptop but that didn't work. >> I uninstalled it. >> I installed UltraVNC. It didn't work. It is asking for a password. Onve >> again I filled in the password for the user of the laptop but that >> didn't work. I installed a password in the server, but filling this in >> in the viewer didn't work as well. So I unstalled this as well. >> >> So - I haven't got a clue. >> >> Fokke > > The VNC clients connect to a VNC server. You have a VNC client > installed on the remote host, and a VNC server on the local host. For > example, you'd have a VNC client on host-A, and a VNC server on host-B. > When you connect the client to the server, the client needs to specify > the login password at the server. I know that. You can choose to not using passwords. As this is all in our home, I choosed for that. > https://www.tightvnc.com/doc/win/TightVNC_for_Windows-Installation_and_Getting_Started.pdf > Installation > Register TightVNC Server as a system service (recommended) Ofcourse I did. > By default, TightVNC Server is installed as a Windows service and > starts immediately after installation. At the end of the > installation you will be asked about passwords for TightVNC > Server as a service, in order to protect it from unauthorized > access. I choosed for not using passwords. > You SHOULD use a password at the server to ensure that intruders don't > get access to your host running the VNC server. We don't have intruders in our home. Fokke