Viewing another person's screen online?

**PointlesS** · 08-09-2007, 04:13 PM

I know it's possible but I just don't know how...I don't want to allow remote control but in a way run like a mirror mode setup where the connecting computer can just see what the other person is doing...reason why is for our fantasy football draft...there's a few people who won't be there and we'll be running a ventrilo server for voice communication...but I would also like to have 1 computer running excel and have multiple people connect to it remotely so as each pick is made...I could just type who was picked on excel so everyone could see...it would basically be a virtual draft board...any suggestions?

**ua549** · 08-09-2007, 06:43 PM

AFAIK Remote desktop can be used in a view only mode.

**SkyDog** · 08-10-2007, 07:46 PM

I don't think you can use Remote Desktop or Remote Assistance to have multiple clients viewing the same remote screen. But you can use TightVNC (and probably most other VNC implementations) to do that. Start up the VNC server on the computer with the spreadsheet, making sure it's configured to disallow remote control. Then each of your league participants can connect to your VNC server to watch your screen, either via a downloaded VNC client or the server's built-in Java viewer. You'll need to make sure the port used for VNC is open to the Internet so that people can connect to your PC.

**cat5e** · 08-11-2007, 12:06 AM

UltraVNC can do this as is.

One caveat it has to be open connection without the use of the Encryption Module.

http://www.uvnc.com/download/

08-09-2007, 04:13 PM	#1
PointlesS Oh Yeah! Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Springfield, ?? Posts: 15,686	Viewing another person's screen online? I know it's possible but I just don't know how...I don't want to allow remote control but in a way run like a mirror mode setup where the connecting computer can just see what the other person is doing...reason why is for our fantasy football draft...there's a few people who won't be there and we'll be running a ventrilo server for voice communication...but I would also like to have 1 computer running excel and have multiple people connect to it remotely so as each pick is made...I could just type who was picked on excel so everyone could see...it would basically be a virtual draft board...any suggestions? __________________ Save ana...!! Cooler Master Mystique 631 \| AMD Athlon X2 4600+ on Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 \| 4GB G.Skill DDR2-800 \| ASUS M2N-E \| BFG 8800GTS 640MB OC edition \| Maxtor Diamondmax 10 300GB + 2-640GB WD drives in RAID 1 \| X-fi Xtrememusic \| Klipsch Promedia 5.1 Ultra \| 20" Viewsonic Q20WB \| Forton Source 500W Power supply \| NEC 3550A \| Dual boot WinXP Pro/Vista 64-bit and a whole lot of lovin..

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08-11-2007, 12:06 AM	#4
cat5e Red Shark Moderator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: NYC Posts: 2,426	UltraVNC can do this as is. One caveat it has to be open connection without the use of the Encryption Module. http://www.uvnc.com/download/ __________________ CAT5e Microsoft, MVP - Networking. Last edited by cat5e; 08-11-2007 at 12:23 AM.

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08-10-2007, 07:46 PM	#3
SkyDog Crash Test Dummy Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 12,185	I don't think you can use Remote Desktop or Remote Assistance to have multiple clients viewing the same remote screen. But you can use TightVNC (and probably most other VNC implementations) to do that. Start up the VNC server on the computer with the spreadsheet, making sure it's configured to disallow remote control. Then each of your league participants can connect to your VNC server to watch your screen, either via a downloaded VNC client or the server's built-in Java viewer. You'll need to make sure the port used for VNC is open to the Internet so that people can connect to your PC.