For those who can not stay away from your PC, here’s a helpful tutorial that explains how to control and administer it remotely (via internet or intranet)
using the Nokia N900.
The program will use that route to connect the two devices is called vnc (Virtual Network Computing), which consists of a Server and a Client,
we’re going to install respectively on the PC vnc and Nokia N900.
Installing vnc Server on your PC
Download vnc Server on the computer to be controlled from this page. You will be asked to complete a small registration form,
is not anything serious or complicated but if you want you can skip this step by clicking on the button that says “Proceed to download”.
After starting the installation, pay attention to these screens:
Here you have to deselect the “Viewer” and leave the check to “Server” and the next screen you must remove all the selections and 2.
Configure the program:
On the computer, the menu ‘Start \ Programs’, navigate to the program and select vnc “VNC Server 4 (user mode)”
Then open the “Configure user settings mode” and make sure the No button is selected and press OK autentication.
Now open the program Run vnc server located in the same folder and choose to ‘unlock’ the program when the firewall shall require it.
In the case you have accidentally blocked access to the Windows Firewall control panel and check the entry for VNC Server as an exception.
From the command prompt (Start Menu \ Run) type “cmd / k ipconfig / all” to retrieve the IP address assigned to your computer. Or go to this site to know.
Configuring vnc Client on Nokia N900
After you have installed the vnc Viewer on the Nokia N900, and start it on the first screen where it asked for the “VNC SERVER”
insert the address retrieved in the previous phase.
Important! Both the Nokia N900 that the computer must be connected to the network in order to proceed.