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Hi All,
Since lockdown a few friends have asked me to sort out their windows 10 PCs.. I was thinking that this would be a lot easier if I could remotely connect to their PC over the internet. I run Ubuntu and was wondering if anyone has come across a neat solution to this. Opening up router ports / port forwarding etc would be challenging as that would be beyond their technical ability. Any thoughts appreciated Thanks Lee. |
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Lee Nowell wrote: Since lockdown a few friends have asked me to sort out their windows 10 PCs. I was thinking that this would be a lot easier if I could remotely connect to their PC over the internet. I run Ubuntu and was wondering if anyone has come across a neat solution to this. Opening up router ports / port forwarding etc would be challenging as that would be beyond their technical ability. You could open up a port on *your* router, proided you could talk them through an install of VNC on their PCs? Then you ask them to make a reverseVNC connection to your IP addr and that gives you remote control of their PC ... Otherwise AnyDesk or Teamviewer I think are free for non-commercial use. |
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Andy Burns wrote:
Otherwise AnyDesk or Teamviewer I think are free for non-commercial use. Scratch that for Ubuntu ... |
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Lee Nowell explained on 27/08/2020 :
Hi All, Since lockdown a few friends have asked me to sort out their windows 10 PCs. I was thinking that this would be a lot easier if I could remotely connect to their PC over the internet. I run Ubuntu and was wondering if anyone has come across a neat solution to this. Opening up router ports / port forwarding etc would be challenging as that would be beyond their technical ability. Any thoughts appreciated Thanks Lee. Does Teamviewer not work on Linux? It's free for 'personal' use so as long as you don't take the whizz you'll be fine - teamviewer.com |
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Lee Nowell explained on 27/08/2020 : Hi All, Since lockdown a few friends have asked me to sort out their windows 10 PCs. I was thinking that this would be a lot easier if I could remotely connect to their PC over the internet. I run Ubuntu and was wondering if anyone has come across a neat solution to this. Opening up router ports / port forwarding etc would be challenging as that would be beyond their technical ability. Any thoughts appreciated Thanks Lee. Does Teamviewer not work on Linux? It's free for 'personal' use so as long as you don't take the whizz you'll be fine - teamviewer.com Yep, Teamviewer works on Linux |
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On 27/08/2020 19:26, Cliff Topp wrote:
Lee Nowell explained on 27/08/2020 : Hi All, Since lockdown a few friends have asked me to sort out their windows 10 PCs. I was thinking that this would be a lot easier if I could remotely connect to their PC over the internet. I run Ubuntu and was wondering if anyone has come across a neat solution to this. Opening up router ports / port forwarding etc would be challenging as that would be beyond their technical ability. Any thoughts appreciated Thanks Lee. Does Teamviewer not work on Linux? It's free for 'personal' use so as long as you don't take the whizz you'll be fine - teamviewer.com Does dynamic IP addresses on the Windows 10 PCs add another hurdle to connecting. |
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On 27/08/2020 19:22, Andy Burns wrote:
Lee Nowell wrote: Since lockdown a few friends have asked me to sort out their windows 10 PCs.Â* I was thinking that this would be a lot easier if I could remotely connect to their PC over the internet. I run Ubuntu and was wondering if anyone has come across a neat solution to this. Opening up router ports / port forwarding etc would be challenging as that would be beyond their technical ability. You could open up a port on *your* router, proided you could talk them through an install of VNC on their PCs?Â* Then you ask them to make a reverseVNC connection to your IP addr and that gives you remote control of their PC ... Otherwise AnyDesk or Teamviewer I think are free for non-commercial use. I used to use TeamViewer and now I use NoMachine. I can't remember why exactly, but I think the free version of TeamViewer was logging me off after a few minutes, trying to get me to buy the commercial version. |
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Robert used his keyboard to write :
On 27/08/2020 19:26, Cliff Topp wrote: Lee Nowell explained on 27/08/2020 : Hi All, Since lockdown a few friends have asked me to sort out their windows 10 PCs. I was thinking that this would be a lot easier if I could remotely connect to their PC over the internet. I run Ubuntu and was wondering if anyone has come across a neat solution to this. Opening up router ports / port forwarding etc would be challenging as that would be beyond their technical ability. Any thoughts appreciated Thanks Lee. Does Teamviewer not work on Linux? It's free for 'personal' use so as long as you don't take the whizz you'll be fine - teamviewer.com Does dynamic IP addresses on the Windows 10 PCs add another hurdle to connecting. No, it just connects |
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On 27/08/2020 19:17, Lee Nowell wrote:
Hi All, Since lockdown a few friends have asked me to sort out their windows 10 PCs.. I was thinking that this would be a lot easier if I could remotely connect to their PC over the internet. I run Ubuntu and was wondering if anyone has come across a neat solution to this. Opening up router ports / port forwarding etc would be challenging as that would be beyond their technical ability. Any thoughts appreciated Teamviewer is free for non commercial use. However there is a relatively new entrant: https://remotedesktop.google.com (it does not need chrome and is multi platform). -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 19:25:49 +0100, Andy Burns
wrote: Andy Burns wrote: Otherwise AnyDesk or Teamviewer I think are free for non-commercial use. Scratch that for Ubuntu ... Oh, has that changed then as it used to be available on Ubuntu (and free), albeit that it actually ran under WINE (as I've had / have it here on several such machines)? To Lee, you can (could?) also run Teamviewer on your Smartphone if you are caught out. Cheers, T i m |
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On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 19:46:39 +0100, Cliff Topp wrote:
Robert used his keyboard to write : On 27/08/2020 19:26, Cliff Topp wrote: Lee Nowell explained on 27/08/2020 : Hi All, Since lockdown a few friends have asked me to sort out their windows 10 PCs. I was thinking that this would be a lot easier if I could remotely connect to their PC over the internet. I run Ubuntu and was wondering if anyone has come across a neat solution to this. Opening up router ports / port forwarding etc would be challenging as that would be beyond their technical ability. Any thoughts appreciated Thanks Lee. Does Teamviewer not work on Linux? It's free for 'personal' use so as long as you don't take the whizz you'll be fine - teamviewer.com Does dynamic IP addresses on the Windows 10 PCs add another hurdle to connecting. No, it just connects Because (I believe it) it uses their server / DNS to establish the connection. Cheers, T i m |
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T i m wrote:
Andy Burns wrote: Otherwise AnyDesk or Teamviewer I think are free for non-commercial use. Scratch that for Ubuntu ... Oh, has that changed then as it used to be available on Ubuntu Didn't realise teamviewer had a linux version, but unlikely that anydesk does... |
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I think the free version of TeamViewer was logging me off after a few minutes, trying to get me to buy the commercial version. I tend to assume any such free service will either go commercial, or go away, hence VNC being my preferred option ... |
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Lee Nowell Wrote in message:
Hi All, Since lockdown a few friends have asked me to sort out their windows 10 PCs. I was thinking that this would be a lot easier if I could remotely connect to their PC over the internet. I run Ubuntu and was wondering if anyone has come across a neat solution to this. Opening up router ports / port forwarding etc would be challenging as that would be beyond their technical ability. Any thoughts appreciated Thanks Lee. TeamViewer ? -- Jimk ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 20:33:24 +0100, Andy Burns
wrote: T i m wrote: Andy Burns wrote: Otherwise AnyDesk or Teamviewer I think are free for non-commercial use. Scratch that for Ubuntu ... Oh, has that changed then as it used to be available on Ubuntu Didn't realise teamviewer had a linux version, They don't have a native Linux version but one that downloads like a ..deb / APT package and runs automagically under WINE (re Ubuntu etc). Cheers, T i m |
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Andy Burns Wrote in message:
Andy Burns wrote: Otherwise AnyDesk or Teamviewer I think are free for non-commercial use. Scratch that for Ubuntu ... https://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/linux/ -- Jimk ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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On 27/08/2020 19:22, Andy Burns wrote: Lee Nowell wrote: Since lockdown a few friends have asked me to sort out their windows 10 PCs. I was thinking that this would be a lot easier if I could remotely connect to their PC over the internet. I run Ubuntu and was wondering if anyone has come across a neat solution to this. Opening up router ports / port forwarding etc would be challenging as that would be beyond their technical ability. You could open up a port on *your* router, proided you could talk them through an install of VNC on their PCs? Then you ask them to make a reverseVNC connection to your IP addr and that gives you remote control of their PC ... Otherwise AnyDesk or Teamviewer I think are free for non-commercial use. I used to use TeamViewer and now I use NoMachine. I can't remember why exactly, but I think the free version of TeamViewer was logging me off after a few minutes, trying to get me to buy the commercial version. There's something here called Remmina. https://www.digitalcitizen.life/conn...desktop-ubuntu Windows has RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol), the details of which probably change from one Windows release to the next. I think I had Windows-to-Windows running here once, as a test, but generally, I hate remoting. It's like wearing a garbage can on your head, as a hat. Feels claustrophobic. I think part of that could be that my screen isn't big enough for this stuff. Maybe a 4K screen would be nicer (more tolerant of the variability of the target machine). Paul |
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On 27/08/2020 22:47, Paul wrote:
Pancho wrote: On 27/08/2020 19:22, Andy Burns wrote: Lee Nowell wrote: Since lockdown a few friends have asked me to sort out their windows 10 PCs.Â* I was thinking that this would be a lot easier if I could remotely connect to their PC over the internet. I run Ubuntu and was wondering if anyone has come across a neat solution to this. Opening up router ports / port forwarding etc would be challenging as that would be beyond their technical ability. You could open up a port on *your* router, proided you could talk them through an install of VNC on their PCs?Â* Then you ask them to make a reverseVNC connection to your IP addr and that gives you remote control of their PC ... Otherwise AnyDesk or Teamviewer I think are free for non-commercial use. I used to use TeamViewer and now I use NoMachine. I can't remember why exactly, but I think the free version of TeamViewer was logging me off after a few minutes, trying to get me to buy the commercial version. There's something here called Remmina. https://www.digitalcitizen.life/conn...desktop-ubuntu Windows has RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol), the details of which probably change from one Windows release to the next. I think I had Windows-to-Windows running here once, as a test, but generally, I hate remoting. It's like wearing a garbage can on your head, as a hat. Feels claustrophobic. I think part of that could be that my screen isn't big enough for this stuff. Maybe a 4K screen would be nicer (more tolerant of the variability of the target machine). Windows RDP works with multiple screens, it uses a virtual display driver so isn't dependent on the display of the remote machine. I'm generally happy with RDP, W10 to W10, I use it a lot. I did play with RDP from Linux to W10 a couple of times. However, I'm still using a W10 machine for my TV so it wasn't quite good enough. |
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On 28/08/2020 00:08, Pancho wrote:
On 27/08/2020 22:47, Paul wrote: Pancho wrote: On 27/08/2020 19:22, Andy Burns wrote: Lee Nowell wrote: Since lockdown a few friends have asked me to sort out their windows 10 PCs.Â* I was thinking that this would be a lot easier if I could remotely connect to their PC over the internet. I run Ubuntu and was wondering if anyone has come across a neat solution to this. Opening up router ports / port forwarding etc would be challenging as that would be beyond their technical ability. You could open up a port on *your* router, proided you could talk them through an install of VNC on their PCs?Â* Then you ask them to make a reverseVNC connection to your IP addr and that gives you remote control of their PC ... Otherwise AnyDesk or Teamviewer I think are free for non-commercial use. I used to use TeamViewer and now I use NoMachine. I can't remember why exactly, but I think the free version of TeamViewer was logging me off after a few minutes, trying to get me to buy the commercial version. There's something here called Remmina. https://www.digitalcitizen.life/conn...desktop-ubuntu Windows has RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol), the details of which probably change from one Windows release to the next. I think I had Windows-to-Windows running here once, as a test, but generally, I hate remoting. It's like wearing a garbage can on your head, as a hat. Feels claustrophobic. I think part of that could be that my screen isn't big enough for this stuff. Maybe a 4K screen would be nicer (more tolerant of the variability of the target machine). Windows RDP works with multiple screens, it uses a virtual display driver so isn't dependent on the display of the remote machine. I'm generally happy with RDP, W10 to W10, I use it a lot. I did play with RDP from Linux to W10 a couple of times. However, I'm still using a W10 machine for my TV so it wasn't quite good enough. There is an even better win 10 to win 10 app called Quick Assist. No faffinf with ports or routers, and it is really just like being at the remote computer at the physical location. I use it all the time with the Outlaws, installing office 365, their new Web cam (all they had to do was plug it in at their end when asked to) installed their printer drivers (they bought a new printer) plus all the useful utilities found on Ninite.com (what a time saver) If you are not a windows 10 user, then you can fire up a windows 10 virtual machine on your own PC and use Quick Assist from that VM. S. |
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On 28/08/2020 00:08, Pancho wrote:
On 27/08/2020 22:47, Paul wrote: Pancho wrote: On 27/08/2020 19:22, Andy Burns wrote: Lee Nowell wrote: Since lockdown a few friends have asked me to sort out their windows 10 PCs.Â* I was thinking that this would be a lot easier if I could remotely connect to their PC over the internet. I run Ubuntu and was wondering if anyone has come across a neat solution to this. Opening up router ports / port forwarding etc would be challenging as that would be beyond their technical ability. You could open up a port on *your* router, proided you could talk them through an install of VNC on their PCs?Â* Then you ask them to make a reverseVNC connection to your IP addr and that gives you remote control of their PC ... Otherwise AnyDesk or Teamviewer I think are free for non-commercial use. I used to use TeamViewer and now I use NoMachine. I can't remember why exactly, but I think the free version of TeamViewer was logging me off after a few minutes, trying to get me to buy the commercial version. There's something here called Remmina. https://www.digitalcitizen.life/conn...desktop-ubuntu Windows has RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol), the details of which probably change from one Windows release to the next. I think I had Windows-to-Windows running here once, as a test, but generally, I hate remoting. It's like wearing a garbage can on your head, as a hat. Feels claustrophobic. I think part of that could be that my screen isn't big enough for this stuff. Maybe a 4K screen would be nicer (more tolerant of the variability of the target machine). Windows RDP works with multiple screens, it uses a virtual display driver so isn't dependent on the display of the remote machine. I'm generally happy with RDP, W10 to W10, I use it a lot. I did play with RDP from Linux to W10 a couple of times. However, I'm still using a W10 machine for my TV so it wasn't quite good enough. With RDP only the remote user can see the display, and also when you logout, it leaves the local display on the login screen. So for some applications where both local and remote need to see what is going on, or for doing remote assistance its less useful. Particularly if trying to interact with a machine doing some kind of "display" activity like running a TV or video presentation. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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On 28/08/2020 10:43, John Rumm wrote:
With RDP only the remote user can see the display, and also when you logout, it leaves the local display on the login screen. So for some applications where both local and remote need to see what is going on, or for doing remote assistance its less useful. Particularly if trying to interact with a machine doing some kind of "display" activity like running a TV or video presentation. Yes, I have two very distinct use cases. Which is why I use NoMachine and RDP. If I want to work as if I was sitting in front of a remote computer, I much prefer RDP. This use case being analogous to the old idea of a remote mini computer and a terminal. If I'm just using a computer as a terminal, I don't need a powerful expensive one, hence my interest in RDP from Linux to Win 10. Something like a slightly more powerful Raspberry Pi would be OK. If I want to interact or work collaboratively I use NoMachine (or Teamviewer or VNC) |
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On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 11:17:15 -0700 (PDT), Lee Nowell
wrote: Hi All, Since lockdown a few friends have asked me to sort out their windows 10 PCs= . I was thinking that this would be a lot easier if I could remotely conne= ct to their PC over the internet. I run Ubuntu and was wondering if anyone = has come across a neat solution to this. Opening up router ports / port for= warding etc would be challenging as that would be beyond their technical ab= ility.=20 Any thoughts appreciated=20 When I was enquiring about cross-platform support on Linux I was pointed to: https://anydesk.com/en Haven't got round to trying it but it seemed interesting enough for me to make a note of it in my "software to consider" section. -- AnthonyL Why ever wait to finish a job before starting the next? |
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Would they be running the same operating system as you or not?
Brian -- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "Lee Nowell" wrote in message ... Hi All, Since lockdown a few friends have asked me to sort out their windows 10 PCs. I was thinking that this would be a lot easier if I could remotely connect to their PC over the internet. I run Ubuntu and was wondering if anyone has come across a neat solution to this. Opening up router ports / port forwarding etc would be challenging as that would be beyond their technical ability. Any thoughts appreciated Thanks Lee. |
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Personally, as storage is so cheap, why not just have a windows install and
use team viewer? Brian -- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "Jethro_uk" wrote in message ... On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 11:17:15 -0700, Lee Nowell wrote: Hi All, Since lockdown a few friends have asked me to sort out their windows 10 PCs. I was thinking that this would be a lot easier if I could remotely connect to their PC over the internet. I run Ubuntu and was wondering if anyone has come across a neat solution to this. Opening up router ports / port forwarding etc would be challenging as that would be beyond their technical ability. Any thoughts appreciated Thanks Lee. I used NoMachine myself. Free and available for Linux and Windows. But isn't there a Chrome addon that does it ? |
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On 27/08/2020 21:22, Jimk wrote:
Lee Nowell Wrote in message: Hi All, Since lockdown a few friends have asked me to sort out their windows 10 PCs. I was thinking that this would be a lot easier if I could remotely connect to their PC over the internet. I run Ubuntu and was wondering if anyone has come across a neat solution to this. Opening up router ports / port forwarding etc would be challenging as that would be beyond their technical ability. Any thoughts appreciated Thanks Lee. TeamViewer ? "Your bank account has been compromised", "Allow us to connect to your computer and move your savings to another safe account" |
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On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 15:26:32 +0100, Andrew
wrote: snip TeamViewer ? "Your bank account has been compromised", "Allow us to connect to your computer and move your savings to another safe account" I was helping an older lady sort her Laptop out and installed Teamviewer on there for her. When I initially ran it it wouldn't connect and I don't think I could ping it either and I Googled the issue. Turns out her ISP blocks it by default, (for reasons you cite), soon removed via their online chat. The same applied to TV on my phone when using her WiFi, ok on mobile data. Cheers, T i m |
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On 27/08/2020 19:17, Lee Nowell wrote:
Hi All, Since lockdown a few friends have asked me to sort out their windows 10 PCs. I was thinking that this would be a lot easier if I could remotely connect to their PC over the internet. Yeah, but they will soon keep calling you back as it seems so effortless to them. After me getting so many requests to sort out their windows problems, to the point that one lady thought I was available to type her dictated letters, I suggested to one to go Apple and one other I flattened the machine and installed Linux. Never heard from either again.... -- Adrian C |
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On 28/08/2020 16:40, T i m wrote:
On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 15:26:32 +0100, Andrew wrote: snip TeamViewer ? "Your bank account has been compromised", "Allow us to connect to your computer and move your savings to another safe account" I was helping an older lady sort her Laptop out and installed Teamviewer on there for her. When I initially ran it it wouldn't connect and I don't think I could ping it either and I Googled the issue. Turns out her ISP blocks it by default, (for reasons you cite), soon removed via their online chat. Teamviewer throws up a big warning if you accept a support connection from India now :-) Which caused a number of scammers to initiate a connection in the other direction (i.e. you controlling them) and then ask you to flip the direction. That made for some good sport for the scammer baiters! -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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On 28/08/2020 12:11, AnthonyL wrote:
On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 11:17:15 -0700 (PDT), Lee Nowell wrote: Hi All, Since lockdown a few friends have asked me to sort out their windows 10 PCs= . I was thinking that this would be a lot easier if I could remotely conne= ct to their PC over the internet. I run Ubuntu and was wondering if anyone = has come across a neat solution to this. Opening up router ports / port for= warding etc would be challenging as that would be beyond their technical ab= ility.=20 Any thoughts appreciated=20 When I was enquiring about cross-platform support on Linux I was pointed to: https://anydesk.com/en Haven't got round to trying it but it seemed interesting enough for me to make a note of it in my "software to consider" section. ConnectWise (previously ScreenConnect) also does linux support. (you can also self host the server end, and not pay ongoing fees for commercial use) -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 23:33:40 +0100, John Rumm
wrote: snip Teamviewer throws up a big warning if you accept a support connection from India now :-) Which caused a number of scammers to initiate a connection in the other direction (i.e. you controlling them) and then ask you to flip the direction. That made for some good sport for the scammer baiters! Yeah, I think I saw some Youtube CCTV footage from a spammers call centre (that the spam baiters had also hacked) of one of them (and then the others) reacting to *their* machines being attacked. ;-) The Mrs generally just tells them to f'off and I'll play with them a bit if I have the time and am in the mood (if they are wasting time on me they won't be attacking anyone else). One of my questions with some of the more technical sounding ones is 'You sound like you know what you are doing, why can't you get a proper support job'? Did you see that on TV recently when a small phone repair Co had been taken out of business by people leaving negative reviews. It turned out people (in India in this case) were being paid £100 / neg review and when confronted (online / phone) wouldn't retract them because that's how they earned their living. Well, I think they would retract them but only at £100 per review! Cheers, T i m |
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Thanks all for your thoughts and ideas. I wasn't sure whether the net of the comments was that TeamViewer was insecure or it just happens to be used by some hackers?
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On Sat, 29 Aug 2020 02:52:43 -0700 (PDT), Lee Nowell
wrote: Thanks all for your thoughts and ideas. I wasn't sure whether the net of the comments was that TeamViewer was insecure or it just happens to be used by some hackers? Hi Lee, Yes, the latter. It's all I've really used since a bit of VNC and my PC Anywhere days and it works very well. Because I have been known to help a lot of people, it did a couple of times lock me out with a 'Commercial uses detected' but would then run ok on a different PC and the lockout wasn't for long (but I was using it quite a bit and some very long sessions, when remotely resolving / servicing neglected friends / family machines). In one case I completely remotely installed Linux on a laptop for someone I met though Freecycle, firstly by downloading and burning a Live Linux DVD, getting them to boot from it and install Teamviewer and them me installing Linux from there. ;-) As long as the list is reasonable I have always found it to be very very reliable (and will also 'reconnect' using the same credentials of you disconnect by mistake or it drops out for some reason (normally the password will change each time, if not set etc). Cheers, T i m p.s. The bread baking is still a regular thing here but with the same outcome (slightly smaller / denser that 'expected' loaves), pretty well irrespective of the process! In fact, I didn't kneed the last two loaves *at all* and whilst they didn't seem to rise quite as much whilst proving, they rose a bit in the oven. ;-) So, their (Wrights Flour) instructions say: Add water and mix for 5 mins (I probably mix for 30 seconds as it's thoroughly mixed (by hand) at that point. Leave to stand for 5 mins (I don't), kneed for 5 mins (I didn't the last two at all but have kneaded for 20 mins with no noticeable difference), leave for stand for 5 mins (I don't), cover (I don't) and leave to prove for ~30 mins (I do), stick in GMK8 oven for 30 mins (I do, well, 20 then swap the loaves round). Leave to cool. Put one in a bag in the fridge, keep one out (in a bag) to use. Both last a good few days with little sign of drying out or going mouldy etc. Even the last slice we eat is still 'too good' to toast. ;-) We have now tried probably 5 of their pre-mixes and they all have worked and been enjoyed by us. Just as well the slices are not as big as a factory loaf as they are quite filling! https://www.wrightsflour.co.uk/products/retail-packs Classic Ciabatta Bread Mix (experiment) Mixed Grain Bread Mix Malty Bread Mix Oat & Linseed Bread Mix (experiment) Farmhouse Wholemeal Bread Mix |
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On 29/08/2020 10:52, Lee Nowell wrote:
Thanks all for your thoughts and ideas. I wasn't sure whether the net of the comments was that TeamViewer was insecure or it just happens to be used by some hackers? TV itself is (as far as I am aware) secure - however its a popular tool for scammer use... Quite often they talk marks though using an alternative tool to get up and running, then once they have remote control switch to TV. That way they can avoid the user seeing the warnings from TV, but still take advantage of TV's capability to blank the users screen (handy when they want to hack the HTML of the users bank page to create fake money in accounts). -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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On 29/08/2020 12:04, John Rumm wrote:
On 29/08/2020 10:52, Lee Nowell wrote: Thanks all for your thoughts and ideas. I wasn't sure whether the net of the comments was that TeamViewer was insecure or it just happens to be used by some hackers? TV itself is (as far as I am aware) secure - however its a popular tool for scammer use... Quite often they talk marks though using an alternative tool to get up and running, then once they have remote control switch to TV. That way they can avoid the user seeing the warnings from TV, but still take advantage of TV's capability to blank the users screen (handy when they want to hack the HTML of the users bank page to create fake money in accounts). That reminds me that TalkTalk block Teamviewer (or at least did in March). It took me a little while to cotton on to that when trying to help someone. I thought it worth mentioning as Lee wd have to get the account holder to contact TalkTalk support to get the block removed. -- Robin reply-to address is (intended to be) valid |
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On Sat, 29 Aug 2020 16:29:08 -0000 (UTC), Jethro_uk
wrote: On Sat, 29 Aug 2020 08:56:15 +0100, T i m wrote: Did you see that on TV recently when a small phone repair Co had been taken out of business by people leaving negative reviews. It turned out people (in India in this case) were being paid £100 / neg review Already it sounds like ********. shrugTwas what the guy who's Co had been destroyed found out and said it? That's getting on for 4 hours for a skilled developer in India. And? What *is* the standard rate for doing something immoral / illegal OOI? Cheers, T i m |
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Thanks very much all will give TV a try.
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