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sinful@pagans.net · Apr 8, 2003, 04:23 AM

Why is it I never heard of this? I went to MS's Mactopia site and there, in all its glory, is a fully functional, easy to use, 100% real Windows Remote Desktop Client for MacOSX.

Now I can sit at my Mac and do everything I need to do on any of the blasted Windows machines around the office without ever having to drag my butt over there!

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/DOWNLOAD/MISC/RDC.asp

This is the finest piece of software to come out of Redmond in ages.

Peace,
Tony

mitchell_pgh · Apr 8, 2003, 07:57 AM

It was posted on 03/05/03

1.01 is about a month old...

(AKA Welcome to last month)

sinful@pagans.net · Apr 8, 2003, 12:02 PM

My invitation must have gotten lost in the mail...

Anomalous · Apr 8, 2003, 02:05 PM

Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:
It was posted on 03/05/03

1.01 is about a month old...

(AKA Welcome to last month)

Yeah, it was listed on VersionTracker too...

Eug · Apr 8, 2003, 02:31 PM

Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:
It was posted on 03/05/03

1.01 is about a month old...

(AKA Welcome to last month)

RDC is MUCH older than 1 month though. I've been using it for quite some time. 1.0.1 is simply the latest release.

OAW · Apr 8, 2003, 02:51 PM

I for one have been using Remote Desktop Client since August 2002. Indeed, it is a nice piece of software.

OAW

Peter · Apr 8, 2003, 04:58 PM

I use it solely for Kazaa, its nice and quick too

moonmonkey · Apr 9, 2003, 12:20 AM

Originally posted by sinful@pagans.net:
Why is it I never heard of this? I went to MS's Mactopia site and there, in all its glory, is a fully functional, easy to use, 100% real Windows Remote Desktop Client for MacOSX.

Now I can sit at my Mac and do everything I need to do on any of the blasted Windows machines around the office without ever having to drag my butt over there!

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/DOWNLOAD/MISC/RDC.asp

This is the finest piece of software to come out of Redmond in ages.

Peace,
Tony

Interestingly if you open the .app package contents there are .ics which when opened with Graphic Converter have naked ladies in them.

Cipher13 · Apr 9, 2003, 12:32 AM

Timbuktu rules.

Eug · Apr 9, 2003, 09:38 AM

Hmmm... I checked my 1.0.1 on my TiBook, and it was released 2/27, not 3/3.

(I've been using RDC since last year - dunno what exact version number.)

JLL · Apr 9, 2003, 09:48 AM

Originally posted by Cipher13:
Timbuktu rules.

Timbuktu and Remote Desktop Client don't do the same thing.

Timbuktu (and Apple Remote Desktop) are just showing you what's on the screen - MS Remote Desktop acts as a terminal.

DamnDJ · May 11, 2003, 05:43 PM

I had the RDC working great between my mac and my XP machine, but now I can't seem to get it to work.

I am going through a wireless connection (802.11g), OS 10.2.6, XP SP 1...everything had been working but now when I try to log into the XP machine from my Mac, I get the username and password promots, then I get the windows mouse cursor but nothing shows up on the screen; just a blue back ground.

My windows machine then seems to freeze up and I must shut it off and reboot.

Has anyone seen this?

hwshi · May 12, 2003, 08:00 AM

does this program also work the other way around. controling a mac from a windows machine?

JLL · May 12, 2003, 08:30 AM

Originally posted by hwshi:
does this program also work the other way around. controling a mac from a windows machine?

No.