Non Technical User Needs Help

[Stuart Kelly]

> Well, I tried two different approaches (on Win XP Pro/SP2):
>
> 1. Laptop to floortop back to back via cross-over Cat 5 Ethernet cable
> using VNC free edition (10mbps).
> 2. Laptop to floortop via the internet using Microsoft's Remote
> Assistance. The laptop was connected via its inbuilt 28.8kbps modem; the
> floortop via ADSL at about 2.5mbps.
>
> Remote Assistant was visibly faster at refreshing the screen.
>
> Now I know VNC runs on Windows, Mac, *nix and, probably by now, most
> washing machines, whereas RA *only* runs on XP but it's still a bit
> disappointing.
>
> Any ideas why?


Probably the main reason is that Microsoft know how to get the best
performace out of their operating system and don't have to support Mac *nix,
etc.

There is a UltraVNC Mirror Driver, http://www.uvnc.com/features/driver.html,
which you can install to improve performace.

RealVNC are also working on a similar driver
http://www.realvnc.com/products/beta/vncmirror/.  Although the free version
may never support it.


Stuart