I absolutely hate walking over to an end users desk only to realize they did not click on a button or left a window opened. So being able to remotely view or remotely control their machines while they are able to see what I am doing is a big plus. A little free application has made my whole IT department lives a lot easier. I grabbed the PushVNC download from here via Cnet.
I extracted the files and ran saved them to a shared folder on the network. I then ran PushVNC.exe
Simply type in your target IP address, a username, and a password. You can leave everything else as is or you can select to leave the service installed or to set the service to automatic. You can also choose your color options. After that hit the push button and you will be connected to the workstation or server. When you disconnect the files and service will be removed unless you opted to leave them.
I use SingleClickVNC for my remote off network support – what do you use? We would love to hear from you in the comments!
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I am the only IT person in an office of 30 computers and 5 servers. I use UltraVNC (just because it’s free and offers a silent server mode) in conjunction with Terminals. http://terminals.codeplex.com/
I used to use mRemote (http://www.mremote.org/wiki/) but I started getting some issues with my saved config file. Terminals also lets me remote reboot and shutdown mush easier.
Thanks I have used Mremote in the past as well and DameWare way back when. VNC is just awesome! When I need to reboot I just hit up the start menu –> run –> shutdown -r -t 00 if you have domain admin access you can run this from your local machine with a switch for the remote machine to reboot it as well.
that’s a sweet free tool. Thanks Karl!
For me, I have 6000 nodes, so I have an enterprise desktop management solution (LANDesk), but as side tools that I use:
LogMeIn, though would require user intervention to install the agent (unless you have ITReach, but that’s expensive).
Also, TeamViewer, not as much work on the user end, but works pretty nicely as well.
Dameware NT Utilities is another one, it’s not free, but is dirt cheap for what it does. It does the same thing as PushVNC, but in addition, has a ton of other utilities for managing workstations.
I’ll definitely be checking out PushVNC though, looks like a quick way to connect!
Any Time George! Ididnt think they still made DameWare. I have used Logmein and TeamViewer in the past for remote access but prefer singleClickVNC for that as well. I did a writeup a long whiles back. If you search for it on here you will find it. Thanks for stoping by!
Definitely still making Dameware! :)
VNC has so many variations to it. It’s a cool tool. As a matter of fact, a while ago, I compiled a list of some of the tools that I use (not only for remote control, but also file sharing, VPN, etc… )
here’s the blog post about it:
http://blog.foreignkid.net/2009/09/great-utilities-and-sites-2/
Does this work with Vista/Win7 machines? We currently use fastpush VNC, but it doesn’t work on the newer machines, as it relies on VNC 4.1.2, which I believe was the last free version. Its also kind of crazy complicated to configure.
I’m currently also in the process of deciding which remote control tool to use.
I’ve previously used VNC quite a bit, but am not that fond of it anymore, esp. with UAC issues and the fact I’ve never found it as secure as I’d want it.
Anyone implemented using Remote Assistance in their company? Anything else that’s free and doesn’t suffer from UAC issues?
Nice find! I’ll be adding this to the toolkit to try out on the LAN.
Another you might check out is chriscontrol (http://code.google.com/p/chriscontrol/). It will do RDP or VNC with the same ability to push the VNC server to the client you want to remote control. So… just like PushVNC but with an RDP option.
I’ve used it a lot at the office to (just like you) avoid extra walking around to look over someone’s shoulder :-)
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We still use DameWare for our 5000+ PCs as well as VNC for a few select boxes.
DameWare works well enough for our purposes…
At work we use the remote control module in novell zcm, I have used logmein before for mates and non worky bits although the workstation side install is annoying if they really dont know what they are doing.
I’ve found teamviewer recently and find that excellent for remote supporting friends (its got voip and webcam support) although pushvnc and showmypc look good as alternatives.
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works well enough for our purposes…
Hey Karl, have you been able to get PushVNC to work on a Windows 7 workstation?
With firewall off, it always returns:
Session returned 67
Checking for PushVNC Service
Adding Registry Keys
The Network Path was not found.
Any ideas where PushVNC tries to install its’ files? (I can get to \\workstation\admin$)
Anyone has experienced this?
Nowhere on the web was I able to find any info regarding PushVNC with Windows 7.
To get it to work on Windows 7 you HAVE to run the program with a domain admin account. You can leave Push VNCs username and password filled with anything. It looks like it forgets to use the credentials you provide and only uses the credentials of the user running the app.
To get it to work on Windows 7 you HAVE to run the program with a domain admin account. You can leave Push VNCs username and password filled with anything. It looks like it forgets to use the credentials you provide and only uses the credentials of the user running the app.
To get it to work on Windows 7 you HAVE to run the program with a domain admin account. You can leave Push VNCs username and password filled with anything. It looks like it forgets to use the credentials you provide and only uses the credentials of the user running the app.
I have tried this over and over again. I’m logged in as a Domain Admin and I still get the same error message about ‘No Network Path Found’
And are you using domain admin creds in the app as well? Can you access the windows 7 machines registry remotely? Can you access the file system? Is there anything in either event log?
I have the same problem – if I enable the Remote Registry service on the remote machine then I get past the “Network Path not found” but get the error
“No Password configured for VNC Auth”
Any suggestions?
To get it to work on Windows 7 you HAVE to run the program with a domain admin account. You can leave Push VNCs username and password filled with anything. It looks like it forgets to use the credentials you provide and only uses the credentials of the user running the app.
I am a domain admin and, just to be sure, I tried from THE domain administrator account and I still get the same results – if I enable remote registry on the remote machine (I use a batch file and psservice to do so) then I get past the “Network path not found” problem but still get “No Password configured for VNC Auth”
@Tivisiana – Are you remoting TO Win 7? – is it win 7 pro? – have you changed anything in security or services from the default setup on the remote?
I rely on this immensley to support my users so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Did anyone get a resolution for the “No password configured for VNC Auth”?
I get the “No password configured for VNC Auth” infrequently on random PCs used within our network. Not sure what creates that error but none of us can figure out what causes it or how to resolve it…any suggestions?
anyone managed to solve the windows 7 issue??