Remote Control Tools For Windows
Last Updated: 13 Jul 2004
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Listed below are some Remote Control solutions for various
Windows clients:
FREEWARE
• NetMeeting ............. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/netmeeting/
• VNC .................... http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/
SHAREWARE
• Remote Commander ....... http://www.atelierweb.com/rcomm/
• DameWare Utils ......... http://www.dameware.com/products.asp
• Radmin ................. http://www.famatech.com/
• PC Remote .............. http://www.americansys.com/pcremote.htm
• DataSet ................ http://www.deksoftware.com/dataset/
• WinRemote .............. http://www.admwin.com/
COMMERCIAL
• ControlIT .............. http://www.ca.com/products/controlit.htm
• Emco Remote Desktop .... http://www.emco.is/
• FullControl ............ http://www.bardon.com/fullctl.htm
• LANsurveyor ............ http://www.neonsoftware.com/LSwinDS.html
• Microsoft SMS .......... http://www.microsoft.com/smsmgmt
• NetOp .................. http://www.crossteccorp.com/
• Northern Utilities ..... http://www.northern.net/siteUtilities/
• PC Anywhere ............ http://www.symantec.com/pcanywhere/
• Proxy (Funk Software) .. http://www.funk.com/proxy_p.htm
• Remote-Anything ........ http://www.neoworx.com/
• Remotely Anywhere ...... http://www.remotelyanywhere.com/
• RemoteNOW .............. http://www.liutilities.com/products/remotenow/
• RemoteNT ............... http://www.seattlelab.com/remotent/
• Special Op Suite ....... http://www.specialoperationssuite.com/
• Timbuktu Pro ........... http://www.timbuktupro.com/software/
• WinRemote .............. http://www.admwin.com/
OTHER/MISC
• Remote Desktop ......... http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/ [2]
• Terminal Services ...... http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ [1]
• BackOrifice ............ http://www.bo2k.com/
• GotoMyPC ............... http://www.gotomypc.com/
• BeTwin.................. http://www.neven.co.za/thinclientproducts.htm
• WinConnect ............. http://www.neven.co.za/thinclientproducts.htm
• RCMD ................... Resource Kit
• RCONSOLE ............... Resource Kit
• REMOTE ................. Support Tools
• WSREMOTE ............... Support Tools
• psEXEC ................. http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/psexec.shtml
• Emco Remote CmdLine .... http://www.emco.is/
RUNNING REMOTE DESKTOP OVER SSH
• http://www.wissh.com/
WIN32 FILE ARCHIVES
• http://home.ntware.com/server/s-_remote_admin.html
USING REMOTE DESKTOP
Remote Desktop is an excellent tool for connecting to
*certain* Windows systems. It can be obtained for use
on every 32-bit version of Windows, with the following
caveats:
The machine you are trying to connect FROM can be running
any version of 32-bit Windows. Windows XP and 2003 come
with the client tool installed by default. You will need
to download the Remote Desktop client tool for other
versions of Windows.
The machine you are trying to connect TO must be running
one of the following:
Windows 2000 Server, with Terminal Services
Windows XP Pro, with Remote Desktop enabled
Windows Server 2003, with RD or TS enabled
The client software does not enable your machine to accept
Remote Desktop connections from other systems. Users of
Windows 9x, WinME, Windows 2000 Pro, or XP Home will have
to resort to NetMeeting or some 3rd party tool in order to
ACCEPT a remote connection from another system.
REMOTE DESKTOP VS TERMINAL SERVICES
Both Windows XP Pro and Windows Server 2003 come with
Remote Desktop, whereas Windows 2000 Server sports RD
functionality in the guise of Terminal Services Admin
Mode.
In Windows 2000, Terminal Services (TS) had two modes:
• Remote Administration Mode
• Application Serving Mode
In Windows Server 2003, the functionality is split across
different applications/utilities -- Remote Desktop and
Terminal Services:
• 2003 RD = 2000 TS Admin Mode
• 2003 TS = 2000 TS App Mode
To provide Citrix-like functionality, you will want to
use Windows Server 2003 with Terminal Services enabled.
To manage your servers remotely, you want to use Remote
Desktop in Windows XP or 2003
ENABLING REMOTE DESKTOP REMOTELY
If you have admin access to an XP/2003 machine and you
need to enable Remote Desktop, then edit the following
registry:
KEY: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TerminalServer
DATA: fDenyTSConnections
VALUE: 0 = enable Remote Desktop / 1 = disabled
SHADOWING A TERMINAL SERVICES (or REMOTE DESKTOP) SESSION
• http://support.microsoft.com/?KBID=278845
• http://support.microsoft.com/?KBID=279656
REMOTE DESKTOP DOWNLOADS
• http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0a91d2e7-7594-4abb-8239-7a7eca6a6cb1&DisplayLang=en
• http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a8255ffc-4b4a-40e7-a706-cde7e9b57e79&DisplayLang=en
• http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e2ff8fb5-97ff-47bc-bacc-92283b52b310&DisplayLang=en
• http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/rdwebconn.asp
• http://www.microsoft.com/WINDOWSXP/pro/downloads/rdclientdl.asp
• http://www.rdesktop.org/
REMOTE DESKTOP PORT INFO
• http://support.microsoft.com/?KBID=187623
• http://support.microsoft.com/?KBID=306759
• http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/techinfo/deployment/natfw/
• http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/techinfo/administration/adminra/
• http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBK/tip5400/rh5484.htm
• http://messenger.msn.com/support/knownissues.asp
• http://www.nc-india.com/workshop/stories/33078.html
• http://asia.cnet.com/itmanager/tech/0,39006407,39092525,00.htm
• http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/columns/bowman/december24.asp
• http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~rakerman/port-table.html#WinMess
INSTALLING/CONFIGURING REMOTE DESKTOP
• http://labmice.techtarget.com/windowsxp/NetworkingXP/remote_desktop.htm
• http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/pro/using/howto/gomobile/remotedesktop/
• http://labmice.techtarget.com/windows2003/TerminalServices/
• http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/1474031
• http://www.petri.co.il/enable_rdp_windows_2003.htm
WHITEPAPERS & TECH RESOURCES
• http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1677
• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/winnt/Winntas/technote/lightout.asp
• http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet/win2000/win2kts/technote/tsremote.asp
• http://labmice.techtarget.com/terminalsrvcs/
• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/rmassist.asp
• http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gethelp/remoteassist/
• http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/pro/using/howto/gomobile/remotedesktop/
• http://www.swynk.com/friends/dinicolo/rd.asp
• http://www.swynk.com/friends/dinicolo/xpassist.asp
PERSONAL NOTES
• You can also obtain REMOTE and WSREMOTE and other
utilites on the Win2K installation CD as part of
the Windows 2000 Support Tools (SUPPORT folder)
• Terminal Services is an excellent way to manage remote
Windows 2000/XP servers.
• The upcoming Windows XP sports Remote Desktop, which
is an enhanced, single user, Terminal Server client.
Rather sweet.
• You can install the Remote Desktop client on previous
versions of 32-bit Windows.
• There is an OpenSource RDP client available for *nix
systems at http://www.rdesktop.org/
• Atelier Web Remote Commander (AWRC) is an excellent,
low-cost tool that does not require a service to be
preinstalled on the client, it is fast, and it provides
lots of information about the clients.
