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Old 01-05-2006, 07:12 AM
Shenan Stanley
 
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Default Re: remote connection

IKE wrote:
> At work, I was on the phone with our company's IT group. I
> IPCONFIG'd and gave him my ip address. Next thing I know, he was
> working my desktop remotely. How did he do that??? FYI OS is Win
> 2K.
>
> If they are using 3rd party softare, how can I find out what they are
> using??? I have administrator access, can I do the same thing they
> did???


This is a work-configured home PC?
Likely - being Windows 2000 - they have something like VNC or some other
remote Desktop application installed so they can control your computer from
anywhere. They also likely have theirs password protected.

Could you do that? Yeah - if you knew what they used and the password.
You could also do that by installing your own such software - like
UltraVNC - and setting it up for yourself.

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