How to Use RealVNC

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Visit RealVNC to download the necessary software through this link.

   Choose the free edition.
   
   Note it asks you to enter you name and email address but will proceed without this information if you just push the next button.Click on 'Download' from the bar at the top of the site.
   
   This takes you to a page with several links (see step 2).
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   Step 2: If you chose RealVnc

   , While you could just install the combined server and viewer on every PC, you will get an extra measure of security by not installing the server software on any PC you do not wish to be controlled. , The first time you run it, you will need to set a password for accessing the PC
   -- be sure to Choose a Secure Password. , Here you will need to enter the name of the PC to be controlled (or its IP Address), if you know it.
   
   To learn its name, on the PC to be controlled (in Win XP) go to the control panel, and select system.
   
   Go to the Computer Name tab.
   
   The name is next to where it says "Full Computer Name:".
   
   Note you can disregard the period after the name. , It should now ask you for the password you set in step
   4. , You should see the desktop of the controlled computer, and be able to operate it as if you were at its keyboard. , A common port for VNC to use is port
   5900.
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   Step 3: download the version with both server and viewer onto the PC you wish to be controlled

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   Step 4: and install.

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   Step 5: Download the viewer-only version onto any PC you wish to control the other computer with.

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   Step 6: Make sure the server software is running on the PC to be controlled

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   Step 7: and that it is connected to the network.

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   Step 8: Open the viewer software on the controlling PC.

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   Step 9: Click "OK" after you have entered the name.

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    Step 10: Voila!

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    Step 11: If for some reason this doesn't work

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    Step 12: verify that a Firewall on either computer is not blocking the connection.

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