Thread: programming from home to the lab???

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    Question programming from home to the lab???

    Hi all,
    I'm using microsoft studio to develop a few programs that I use in lab to run various experiments. I want to write the programs at home, but I don't have the hardware on my home pc. I'm using XP, and wonder if there is a way I can log into a machine in my lab, copy the app to that computer and then run the app. It's a window app with a gui so I can't just telnet. I ahve broadband on both computers so bandwidth isn't a problem. Any Ideas?? Thanks

    JMD

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    Couldn't you just email it to yourself? I do that all the time, Ill compress all of my source code and stuff into a folder and email it to myself.

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    Yes he can do that, but he can't test it to see if it actually works correctly, he doesn't have the hardware as he noted.

    Look up vnc programs (there's a couple, realVNC is one). It allows you to connect to your computer as a remote desktop...however if the other computer is running xp it probably has remote desktop enabled by default, and you wouldn't need the software.
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    You could also consider PCAnywhere. It's compression is a little better than VNC options.... but then it's not free.

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    Ah, sorry, I assumed he meant software

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    I'm going to give the remote desktop a try.

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    As waldo stated, VNC options are free and doable. I'd look up tightVNC which also encludes encryption and password protection.

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    Sidebar:
    did you guys realise that even if someone is logged onto a password protected account in xp, if they're logged in you can use remote desktop to connect and do anything? It's scary, I discovered this while lan'ing at my friends house, we could both connect to eachothers computer without needing passwords. So for those of you who have a network and don't want someone else getting at your pc then make sure to disable all remote desktop options (sending and receiving) on all the computers.
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