the other question "web browser with no client install " yes check here:

https://www.teamviewer.com/en/res/pdf/first_steps_webconnector_en.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqIsBs8PVwI

and you don't need:

1. No extra software neither admin rights
2. Java (available only on Firefox)
3. Activex (available on IE not EDGE)
4. Netscape plugins (available on Chrome and Firefox, but now removed on Chrome)

I'm guessing how it works:

The technology behind is very simple, the screen is rendered on a TeamViewer Server (Cloud), and sent as video stream to your browser, then the mouse clicks (x,y) plus keyboard strokes are sent to the server, and forward to the destination machine.

very cool.

VNC can do it even when Windows does not. Virtual desktops on Windows (non server environments) is more of a convenience, where you can separate apps into different desktops but all accessible by the same user. VNC, in virtual mode, can create desktops more akin to what you can do in Linux where the local user does not see the VNC desktop activity.

@WayneA If this is not what you were asking about, we apologize for hijacking your thread

Alan

If Teamviewer meets the need, it is an easier solution because the Teamviewer servers provide location and authentication services, so you don't need to know the hosts public IP address or deal with port forwarding.

Alan

Alan,

you nailed "VNC can do it even when Windows does not.".

I'm really surprised.

I'm looking for "VNC virtual mode" windows and i can't find windows articles only linux:

https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/118734-creating-virtual-desktops-with-realvnc-software

even on your link they mention Linux, on windows they mentioned windows service, user mode, but those are regular vnc modes.

Doh.. you are right. I missed that Virtual mode is a Unix/Linux feature only.

Alan

Microsoft has the Remote Desktop Services, known as Terminal Services.

if something like that was possible, i'cant imagine the number of applications would surface targeting the concept of Virtual Desktop.

Money talks

Microsoft has to pick and choose what features it can include in Windows without knocking out competitive products. There was a massive monopoly trial against Microsoft years ago regarding this kind of activity.

The problem is that Microsoft Windows is an operating system - but it also ships with software. It doesn't ship with enough software to make your PC entirely usable. Just enough so you need to install additional software, such and tightvnc for remote control.

The minute Microsoft begins to build features in Windows that deprecates 3rd part software development, suddenly they are a monopoly.

So yeah, while you may think it "sucks" that Microsoft Windows doesn't have all features - in reality it's creating jobs, careers and inspiring new inventions.

oh, and on that note... here is how you can provide a link directly to the Remote Control in ARC's HTTP Server

Quote:

http://192.168.56.1/RemoteControl?Password=admin

Where the breakdown is...

Quote:

http://<your_ip_address>/RemoteControl?Password=<your_password>;