connect to livecd via remote desktop

[kilobit]

Hello everyone, this is my first post here and I am loving this OS so far! I am very new to linux coming from a windows admin/background.

Here is the situation. A client of mine from another city had bought 2 windows7 laptops. His hdd went poof and bestbuy installed a new one, however he did not get a windows7 install disk even though he legally owns it and has the key to that laptop.

This is what I want to do. I want to be able to have him boot the live cd (2010b2) on his wifes working windows7 laptop and image her drive to a usb hard drive. Next I want to boot (2010b2 livecd) on his laptop and install her image to his machine.

Can I remote desktop into this livecd from my house and work on it this way?

I would appreciate any advice anyone has to offer.
Thanks

[Was_Just19]

Check out the PCLOS Control Center .....  Online Administration - Remote Control .......  that should allow your friend to set up his machine to be remote controlled by you .....  IIUC.

There are other tools (such as in Network & Internet)  which may interest you.

regards.

[pags]

Hello everyone, this is my first post here and I am loving this OS so far! I am very new to linux coming from a windows admin/background.

Here is the situation. A client of mine from another city had bought 2 windows7 laptops. His hdd went poof and bestbuy installed a new one, however he did not get a windows7 install disk even though he legally owns it and has the key to that laptop.

This is what I want to do. I want to be able to have him boot the live cd (2010b2) on his wifes working windows7 laptop and image her drive to a usb hard drive. Next I want to boot (2010b2 livecd) on his laptop and install her image to his machine.

Can I remote desktop into this livecd from my house and work on it this way?

I would appreciate any advice anyone has to offer.
Thanks

I'd be cautious if the two laptops are going to be on the same subnet (even if they're going to both be on the Internet...)  Your image will have identical SID, etc and Windows nor MS will like that situation...

Depending on the version of Windows 7 installed, it may have native abilities to create an image that can properly be deployed to another device (using his legit key...)

[menotu]

Hi kilobit

You may want to read this:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/162001

[kilobit]

Yes, I do understand about the sid/dns-names/network-configuration/and the product Id's
Those things aside, does the livecd support remote desktop on-the-fly after bootup or do I have to change things manually.

If its the slightest bit complicated (on his side) I will have to try another method for him.
Thanks guys

[pags]

Yes, I do understand about the sid/dns-names/network-configuration/and the product Id's
Those things aside, does the livecd support remote desktop on-the-fly after bootup or do I have to change things manually.

If its the slightest bit complicated (on his side) I will have to try another method for him.
Thanks guys

Well, if you're confident you can successfully image Windows 7 (I know I've done XP, even though it shares some issues such as SID, but haven't had success with Vista and haven't tried 7), then I believe KDE supports remote access to the desktop (uses VNC, if I recall correctly). ... I'm on KDE4, and I can't find it...I'm posting this, and then I'm going to boot the 2009.2 CD, and check what settings are available...I'll edit this post after that.
In the meantime, my recommendation would be to us ssh, which I believe is easily started from the Live CD...I'll test that also

EDIT

Booted 2009.2 in VBox 3.1.2_OSE, and did the following:

Enabled Desktop Sharing (Remote Desktop) and accessed it with VNC:

• Select Keyboard at initial boot
• Login as Guest
• Hover over NetApplet (beside clock in system tray) and get local IP
• Click "Control Center" (KDE) (Third icon from the left, with gears)
• Search for "remote"
• Click "Desktop Sharing"
• Click "Allow uninvited connections"
• Remove check from "Confirm uninvited connections..."
• Click "Allow uninvited connections ... control desktop"
• Recommended: Set a password
• Click "Apply" button
• Connect with a VNC client (such as TightVNC) to appropriate IP (noted earlier)

I also tested successfully enabling SSH and connecting remotely with the Guest account:

• Select Keyboard at initial boot
• Login as Guest
• Hover over NetApplet (beside clock in system tray) and get local IP
• Click "Configure your Computer...Admin..." (Fourth icon from the left)
• Enter the root password, when prompted
• Click on "System"
• Click on "Manage System Services..."
• Scroll down to "sshd", and then click on the "Start" button beside it
• Connect with an ssh client to appropriate IP (noted earlier) with the Guest account (such as guest@local.ip.address)

Hope that helps you accomplish what you're trying to.

[kilobit]

Wow, pags I really appreciate your effort into this! I will try this method and if nothing else I will use this information for future reference.  Also, I feel dumb because I forgot all about sshd! My circuitry needs a "little" tweaking from the windows bashing I've put it through.  So far, this distro is the best one I have ever used. And all you people that posted, I appreciate those points as well because we all forget the basics sometimes (Is it plugged in....?)

-Tommy