The installation is small (around 3MB I think), and it is very fast. I have deployed it on every machine I service in the field (about 30, across Canada), and have no complaints.
For $35 USD for the regular licence (1 server, 1 client), you cannot go wrong. I can even load and play (horribly, horribly slow mind you) many DirectX games. Yes, they look like crap, but I can do it!
They have a new version out, and I have been using the new Viewer program. Absolutely wonderful. Well organized, small, and extremely fast. You can Control, View, Telnet, File Transfer, or Reboot/Shutdown the server you are connecting to.
It also supports integration with Window NT/2000 User Authentication.
I recenly purchases an xbox. Now, before many of you decide to fire-bomb my house, listen to my reasoning. There are times when I am just a little too intoxicated to have any form of motor control. At that point, I play games with the boys on the xbox. Amped, KotOR, etc. They are mindless. Require little to no thought, and do their job. When the great games come around, Baldur's Gate, NWN, etc, I play them on my PC.
That is ultimately what I want on my PC. A quality game that require a certain dedication of time and thought.
I recently discovered the CSI game. While obviously not intended for the hard-core gamer, I could not rip myself away it. Causing my work to suffer, but that is another story.
Game companies constantly put out the garbage, on both console and PC, that need to be patched constantly. Look at EA's NHL 2004. NHL 2002 was great, 2003 was good, but not so great, 2004, while it looks pretty, brings me to tears everytime I play it.
Having worked for a software company, I know the whole "get it done now, for no money, cutting all corners" approach. It is all too prevelant in our society where money talks, and quality walks.
It is a damn shame. I will continue to outright pay for good games, from good developers.
A friend and I were discussing the whole Deus Ex 2 / Prince Of Persia fiascos recently, and came up with a frightening revelation. It is definately a sad time for the computer industry as a whole when the quality games (work out of the box, worth the $60 CDN you paid, etc..) are put out by Microsoft. And the former gods of the industry (Interplay, EA, Eidos) can do nothing but release crap.
Makes you wonder if the trend to farm ungodly amounts of programming jobs to India is really worth it in the long run.
Cheers,
Da Newf.
You are forgetting comedy! What other game would you be able to sleep around with truckloads of women and earn the title "Gigilo" or "Sex Expert"!!!
Cheers,
Da Newf
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I have been using Remote Administrator for a few years now. http://www.famatech.com/
The installation is small (around 3MB I think), and it is very fast. I have deployed it on every machine I service in the field (about 30, across Canada), and have no complaints.
For $35 USD for the regular licence (1 server, 1 client), you cannot go wrong. I can even load and play (horribly, horribly slow mind you) many DirectX games. Yes, they look like crap, but I can do it!
They have a new version out, and I have been using the new Viewer program. Absolutely wonderful. Well organized, small, and extremely fast. You can Control, View, Telnet, File Transfer, or Reboot/Shutdown the server you are connecting to.
It also supports integration with Window NT/2000 User Authentication.
Hope it helps, Daryl
I recenly purchases an xbox. Now, before many of you decide to fire-bomb my house, listen to my reasoning. There are times when I am just a little too intoxicated to have any form of motor control. At that point, I play games with the boys on the xbox. Amped, KotOR, etc. They are mindless. Require little to no thought, and do their job. When the great games come around, Baldur's Gate, NWN, etc, I play them on my PC. That is ultimately what I want on my PC. A quality game that require a certain dedication of time and thought. I recently discovered the CSI game. While obviously not intended for the hard-core gamer, I could not rip myself away it. Causing my work to suffer, but that is another story. Game companies constantly put out the garbage, on both console and PC, that need to be patched constantly. Look at EA's NHL 2004. NHL 2002 was great, 2003 was good, but not so great, 2004, while it looks pretty, brings me to tears everytime I play it. Having worked for a software company, I know the whole "get it done now, for no money, cutting all corners" approach. It is all too prevelant in our society where money talks, and quality walks. It is a damn shame. I will continue to outright pay for good games, from good developers. A friend and I were discussing the whole Deus Ex 2 / Prince Of Persia fiascos recently, and came up with a frightening revelation. It is definately a sad time for the computer industry as a whole when the quality games (work out of the box, worth the $60 CDN you paid, etc..) are put out by Microsoft. And the former gods of the industry (Interplay, EA, Eidos) can do nothing but release crap. Makes you wonder if the trend to farm ungodly amounts of programming jobs to India is really worth it in the long run. Cheers, Da Newf.
You are forgetting comedy! What other game would you be able to sleep around with truckloads of women and earn the title "Gigilo" or "Sex Expert"!!! Cheers, Da Newf