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Re: [Sheflug] Back to Windows



> Here here.  Although point 1, I get VNC server to work beautifully on my
> XP machine and use the client on here (Mandrake 9.0 laptop), so my wife
> can check her email without having to go into the attic.  Unless I've
> missed your point?  'unusable for licensing reasons'?

It's along the lines of Big Bill says that you MUST buy two licences if
you use VNC (I'm not sure if it applies to XP's own desktop sharing
feature)... I seem to remember the reasoning being that XP is a single
client licence (although VNC doesn't give you the ability to run as two
distinct users anyway).

... It's not a technical issue - as I've run VNC on my Dad's XP machine
before - since it would share out Internet and you can't just ssh in and
issue "poweroff".

The killer missing feature of Windows for me is:

... why can't I switch to another desktop to carry out this completely
un-related task 


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