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I'd evaluate the security side of things, but you could try TightVNC and use that in place of team viewer. I've had luck using this method to keep the 'screen' alive on servers, though I only used this on secured internal networks.

They don't support encryption outside of password authentication but their FAQ recommends setting up an SSH server to help secure the connection should you go this route.

I have used TightVNC for exactly this before. Legitimately free and does what you need it to do. There are other VNC-compatible tools as well. Make sure you put a strong password on the VNC listener on the target machine to stop randos from connecting to it.

The rationale for using TeamViewer or other such products is when you need network traversal across public Internet. For same-network connections it's not needed, and in any case for business use a licence is required.

Depends on your use case, I'm sure TV went nuts because it's trying to find the machine and it's doing what it's supposed to. If it's windows and you're trying to RDP from machine to machine, try https://www.tightvnc.com/

I'd recommend using one of my Windows images for the best performance and most resources available along with tightvncserver. You can get those at http://electrohaxz.tk/atomicpi and https://www.tightvnc.com/download/2.8.59/tightvnc-2.8.59-gpl-setup-64bit.msi

I use TightVNC. I don't expose it to the general internet but instead setup a VPN on my router that I connect to first when I need to get in from outside the network.

I saw you mentioned your country filters VPN traffic. Have you tried a SSTP based VPN? It runs on port 443 so it should just look like normal web traffic and may be able to get around the filtering.

My kids all have pcs and I do remote support for them daily. Remote desktop will not work as it closes their session. Teamviewer is OK but the best one that is completely free and used for many many years is called vnc.

Tightvnc specifically, https://www.tightvnc.com/ . There is a client and a server component.

I really like TightVNC as well, but everything being sent in the clear over the network makes it a no-go for a lot of scenarios. The approach the authors recommend is to tunnel everything over SSH and I've found it works quite well.

Probably Not, Google Being Google, but TightVNC should work perfectly as long as you don't mind connecting via IP adresses or if you setup your own local DNS system.

And should work on XP, it's FOSS. https://www.tightvnc.com/download-old.php

TightVNC 1.3.10 for Windows supports all client and server versions of Microsoft Windows starting at Windows 95] (https://www.tightvnc.com/download-old.php)

Try TightVNC if you can. https://www.tightvnc.com/

It's weaker security than RDP or TV. At a minimum, lock the ports down to only your IPs and consider using a VPN since TightVNC does not encrypt the screen feed. https://www.tightvnc.com/faq.php

There may be a way to make it work with TeamViewer, for example by disabling locking the computer on disconnect, but I'm not able to test it atm.

Hey! Could I ask why do you need those 2? Is having a a GUI a necessity for you? There are protocols like RDP (although is a proprietary protocol), VNC and SSH. I could recommend you a software if you could tell me the exact features you need (if even said software exists). Have a nice day.

(PS: if anyone else wonders, I use SSH and TightVNC

Have you looked into VNC (lots of different version, I like https://www.tightvnc.com/). This would do what you want and since it's an internal network only you would have to worry as much about security. If you want to use remote desktop I believe you need windows pro (I could be wrong about this I'm a Linux guy)

One option would be a small portable monitor from Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Portable-Monitors/s?k=Portable+Monitors

Or if you want an even smaller footprint, just install something like TeamViewer or TightVNC on your PC. And connect to your PC and launch SteamVR remotely from your smart phone, tablet, etc. https://www.tightvnc.com/

Physics teacher here. I'm in the exact same situation as you. After reading all the replies in this thread, what has worked the best for me is connecting to my Surface from my desktop using a VNC (Virtual Network Computing) sharing system. There are lots of options out there, but the one I have found to work the best is TightVNC. Using this software I connect to my Surface through its IP address on my LAN and there is virtually no lag. After that it's just a matter of using OBS to capture the TightVNC window.

You don't need full on OBS for that -- OBS is designed for streaming, and using it for this is like trying to drive the kids to school using self-propelled artillery. In the IT space we have loads of VNC software that is purpose-built for what you're describing, and would also allow interacting with the view (i.e., clicking the library in the window would actually select whatever the user hits).

I still think VNC for this is overkill and I'd probably consider another approach, but TightVNC and TigerVNC are both viable options.

If you want Teamviewer-like functionality, you could try TightVNC:

https://www.tightvnc.com/download.php

Scroll down to the 'Older versions' section, the old one has support for 95/98/ME.

Parsec runs as a user account and requires the user account to be logged in. You can either barricade the desktop session open via RDP, TeamViewer or TightVNC, or use an autologin to open the user on the host.

I don't recommend teamviewer because it has a terrible reputation of letting computers get pwned; at least according to /r/sysadmin

So funky shit happens when you close out a RDP session. Display settings are altered and you are basically logged out.

Download and install a VNC server (like this) on your plex PC and the client from the same site on the other WIN10 machine.

It might not help you, but it is a free troubleshooting method that will only take a few minute and cost you nothing.

Which I'm sure is why they've been saying "we plan to work on built-in encryption in future versions of TightVNC." on that page since at least 2009.

Security for them is a "would be nice to have", not a priority. Which is fine. Focus on your core competency and leave the security to the people who eat and breathe it. Just try not to accidentally give people a false sense of security.

Frankly, at this point, there are so many good options for tunneling they ought to just put up a big red warning on the page saying "Don't be an idiot, run this over a VPN." and have done with it.

Seriously. I'm not sure what other implementations may support, but the "security" mechanisms in TightVNC especially are laughably insecure on their own. I can't imagine exposing this to the public Internet:

>Although TightVNC encrypts VNC passwords sent over the net, the rest of the traffic is sent as is, unencrypted (for password encryption, VNC uses a DES-encrypted challenge-response scheme, where the password is limited by 8 characters, and the effective DES key length is 56 bits).

Any reason you don't just physically access the machine if it's on your desk?

Anyway, looks like RealVNC did away with the standalone version, and since you're only trying to get local access ot the machine you could install TightVNC instead. Just be aware that VNC is a pretty shitty remote desktop implementation with no security, and as u/Excal2 said, you should probably not be doing anything on your work machine that your job doesn't explicitly approve of.

Ick. That sucks. If it helps, my note to them was very cordial, explained my use, why it may appear to be, but was not commercial use, then made sure to explicitly state "I can attest that I am not using Teamviewer for any commercial purposes, only for personal use within the spirit of your license terms."

All I can really say is to keep bugging them once every few weeks or so. Hopefully they're just backlogged or something.

In the meantime, TightVNC is a moderately decent alternative, since you're working on a local network. Not nearly as convenient, but it works pretty well.

Best of luck to ya!

You can use VNC to stream the image to your laptop. The better your home network, the better image quality and response time will be.

This program works well and is free:

https://www.tightvnc.com/

You do of course need a screen to configure VNC on the host machine. Set it to run as a service upon startup. You could use a TV for this. .