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managing win98 from server or romote mac

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by avswamy 1 view

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how to manage a 98 machine from win98, win2k prof, win2k server as we do with terminal service to connect win2k server from a client. is there any tools\software available to see the destop and do what ever configurations we do.

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I manage a 65 node NT network. My NT technician showed me a handy little trick to let me connect to the hard drive of Win98, NT, 2K workstation. I have administrative priviledges.

From the run command I just connect to the C drive secret share name (ie \\wksxx\c$

This gives me the ability to look at users desktop and also program files folder.

I've found this useful when giving a user a new workstation; I can remoted connect to their present machine and copy off desktop settings; IE settings and review what programs are loaded on their machine to be sure I'm loading the correct software for the replacement machine.

by avswamy

to manage a computer from professional it can be done with manage remote computer but i want to see the remote desktop and want work as a local system, which is called remote management.

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