Remote control my desktop PC with N800

[anthonylei]

Hi guys... I recently bought n800 and understand it can act as a PC remote.... how do I do this??

Can I do this via bluetooth?

many thanks

[Benson]

Rdesktop, vnc, synergy, ssh... probably some others I'm not thinking of right now.

Yes. (Assuming you've got BT hardware in your PC)

[anthonylei]

is there any step by step tutorial available somewhere?

[joshv06]

Here's an excelent tutorial for rdesktop :

http://beans.seartipy.com/2007/10/29/accessing-the-windows-desktop-remotely-from-nokia-n800-using-rdesktop/

[anthonylei]

thank you very much

will give that a try

[El Amir]

is there a way to control the music on my Vista desktop with out having to use VNC (or other software that shows me the screen). I just want to be able to click on a song on my n800 and have it play on my desktop ?

[Laughing Man]

Hmm.. well there was MCE Guru. Though it hasn't been worked on in a while (it used Vista's Windows Media Player)

[El Barto]

Can I do this via bluetooth?


Rdesktop, vnc, synergy, ssh... probably some others I'm not thinking of right now.

Yes. (Assuming you've got BT hardware in your PC)

Does one do it with bluetooth using one of the above applications or is something else required?

[joepagiii]

afaik you can use both or either bt or wifi....if you have wireless...

[bunanson]

...I just want to be able to click on a song on my n800 and have it play on my desktop ?

I did it everynite when I was using the 770! In addition to my honey, I also take my 770 to bed :p. It is running a remote desktop on my 770 and winamp on the desktop. I blow up the winamp to occupy as much space by using the 770, i click on the 770 to start the music, click the song I want to hear, skip anytime I want it, and when my honey needs my 'undivided' attentions, I turn off the PC music using my 770, didnt even have to get out of bed. How do you like that? 770 sometimes drops the connect though.



bun

[El Amir]

I did it everynite when I was using the 770! In addition to my honey, I also take my 770 to bed :p. It is running a remote desktop on my 770 and winamp on the desktop. I blow up the winamp to occupy as much space by using the 770, i click on the 770 to start the music, click the song I want to hear, skip anytime I want it, and when my honey needs my 'undivided' attentions, I turn off the PC music using my 770, didnt even have to get out of bed. How do you like that? 770 sometimes drops the connect though.



bun

thats EXACTLY what ive been trying to do but I have Vista Home Premium and apparently, it doesnt support RDP :(
ive tried this hack but with no succes
http://portal.tonychan.org/Default.aspx?tabid=58&EntryID=123

Anyone luckier ?

[El Amir]

thats EXACTLY what ive been trying to do but I have Vista Home Premium and apparently, it doesnt support RDP :(
ive tried this hack but with no succes
http://portal.tonychan.org/Default.aspx?tabid=58&EntryID=123

Anyone luckier ?

Just Found out how to use RDP on Vista Home Premium SP1:


1)be logged in as an administrator

2) download this version of the patch for sp1 and unzip it: http://www.unet.fi/fransblog/2007/08/30/enable-remote-desktop-connection-on-vista-home-premium/

3) go to control panel\system and maintenance\administrator tools\services.
then goto terminal services and set start up type to disabled, then stop it, once
it is stopped, set start up type back to automatic

4) now go to the folder where the patch was unzipped to and right click the premium batch file and run as administrator

5) add port 3389 to the firewall exceptions

6) if you have a lan, then you will have to set the router to foward port 3389 to the ip address of the pc


Hope this helps some of you out there!!

[munky261]

does anyone have a .deb file for mce guru? the repo is down apparently