Sharing files on 2 remote computers

[saturnin02]

Win XP HE
Hi,
I was wondering what is the simplest way to run a small .exe file (a
utility) that is on my C drive (local) on a folder that is on one of my
friends' own C (local) Drive at a remote location.
I was told I could do that by "sharing" his folder while we are connected
but being a complete newbie to actually doing this, I have no idea of how to
proceed.
Anyone can help me with easy to follow simple instructions on how to do the
above?
(Please let me know if this is not the correct newsgroup.)
Tx a lot.
S

[Bob Willard]

saturnin02 wrote:

> Win XP HE
> Hi,
> I was wondering what is the simplest way to run a small .exe file (a
> utility) that is on my C drive (local) on a folder that is on one of my
> friends' own C (local) Drive at a remote location.
> I was told I could do that by "sharing" his folder while we are connected
> but being a complete newbie to actually doing this, I have no idea of how to
> proceed.
> Anyone can help me with easy to follow simple instructions on how to do the
> above?
> (Please let me know if this is not the correct newsgroup.)
> Tx a lot.
> S
>
>

For your friend to simply share his folder with you requires that he
share it with the world, which is rather dangerous.

To securely share a folder, use VPN. Virtual Private Networking creates
an encrypted channel of communications from one PC (yours) to another
PC (his), using the internet to deliver the packets. This is not
trivial to set up, but it works fine.

For a simpler solution, send your .EXE as an email attachment to your
friend, and let him run it on his folder. He can then send the results
back to you as an email attachment.
--
Cheers, Bob

[saturnin02]

Bob Willard wrote:
> saturnin02 wrote:
>
>> Win XP HE
>> Hi,
>> I was wondering what is the simplest way to run a small .exe file (a
>> utility) that is on my C drive (local) on a folder that is on one of my
>> friends' own C (local) Drive at a remote location.
>> I was told I could do that by "sharing" his folder while we are connected
>> but being a complete newbie to actually doing this, I have no idea of
>> how to proceed.
>> Anyone can help me with easy to follow simple instructions on how to do
>> the above?
>> (Please let me know if this is not the correct newsgroup.)
>> Tx a lot.
>> S
>>
>>
>
> For your friend to simply share his folder with you requires that he
> share it with the world, which is rather dangerous.
>
> To securely share a folder, use VPN. Virtual Private Networking creates
> an encrypted channel of communications from one PC (yours) to another
> PC (his), using the internet to deliver the packets. This is not
> trivial to set up, but it works fine.
>
> For a simpler solution, send your .EXE as an email attachment to your
> friend, and let him run it on his folder. He can then send the results
> back to you as an email attachment.

Thanks for your comments, Bob.
I will consider the email solution you proposed.
As far as VPN, can I do that using VNC, etc?
Tx,
S

[Sooner Al]

You can *securely* do that with UltraVNC because of its *encryption* plug-in. Otherwise run VNC
through a VPN tunnel...which gets you back to Bob's original suggestion...

http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/
http://home.comcast.net/%7Emsrc4plugin/

--
Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)

Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual benefit of all of us...
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This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights...

"saturnin02" <saturnin02_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
...
> Bob Willard wrote:
>> saturnin02 wrote:
>>
>>> Win XP HE
>>> Hi,
>>> I was wondering what is the simplest way to run a small .exe file (a
>>> utility) that is on my C drive (local) on a folder that is on one of my
>>> friends' own C (local) Drive at a remote location.
>>> I was told I could do that by "sharing" his folder while we are connected
>>> but being a complete newbie to actually doing this, I have no idea of
>>> how to proceed.
>>> Anyone can help me with easy to follow simple instructions on how to do
>>> the above?
>>> (Please let me know if this is not the correct newsgroup.)
>>> Tx a lot.
>>> S
>>>
>>>
>>
>> For your friend to simply share his folder with you requires that he
>> share it with the world, which is rather dangerous.
>>
>> To securely share a folder, use VPN. Virtual Private Networking creates
>> an encrypted channel of communications from one PC (yours) to another
>> PC (his), using the internet to deliver the packets. This is not
>> trivial to set up, but it works fine.
>>
>> For a simpler solution, send your .EXE as an email attachment to your
>> friend, and let him run it on his folder. He can then send the results
>> back to you as an email attachment.
>
> Thanks for your comments, Bob.
> I will consider the email solution you proposed.
> As far as VPN, can I do that using VNC, etc?
> Tx,
> S
>
>

[saturnin02]

Sooner Al wrote:
> You can *securely* do that with UltraVNC because of its *encryption*
> plug-in. Otherwise run VNC through a VPN tunnel...which gets you back to
> Bob's original suggestion...
>
> http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/
> http://home.comcast.net/%7Emsrc4plugin/
>
>
> "saturnin02" <saturnin02_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> ...
>> Bob Willard wrote:
>>> saturnin02 wrote:
>>>
>>>> Win XP HE
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I was wondering what is the simplest way to run a small .exe file (a
>>>> utility) that is on my C drive (local) on a folder that is on one of my
>>>> friends' own C (local) Drive at a remote location.
>>>> I was told I could do that by "sharing" his folder while we are
>>>> connected but being a complete newbie to actually doing this, I have
>>>> no idea of how to proceed.
>>>> Anyone can help me with easy to follow simple instructions on how to do
>>>> the above?
>>>> (Please let me know if this is not the correct newsgroup.)
>>>> Tx a lot.
>>>> S
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> For your friend to simply share his folder with you requires that he
>>> share it with the world, which is rather dangerous.
>>>
>>> To securely share a folder, use VPN. Virtual Private Networking creates
>>> an encrypted channel of communications from one PC (yours) to another
>>> PC (his), using the internet to deliver the packets. This is not
>>> trivial to set up, but it works fine.
>>>
>>> For a simpler solution, send your .EXE as an email attachment to your
>>> friend, and let him run it on his folder. He can then send the results
>>> back to you as an email attachment.
>>
>> Thanks for your comments, Bob.
>> I will consider the email solution you proposed.
>> As far as VPN, can I do that using VNC, etc?
>> Tx,
>> S

Tx for your reply and for the links--appreciated.
S

[Jack]

Hi
Setting VNC: : http://www.ezlan.net/vnc.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).


"saturnin02" <saturnin02_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
...
> Sooner Al wrote:
> > You can *securely* do that with UltraVNC because of its *encryption*
> > plug-in. Otherwise run VNC through a VPN tunnel...which gets you back to
> > Bob's original suggestion...
> >
> > http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/
> > http://home.comcast.net/%7Emsrc4plugin/
> >
> >
> > "saturnin02" <saturnin02_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > ...
> >> Bob Willard wrote:
> >>> saturnin02 wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Win XP HE
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>> I was wondering what is the simplest way to run a small .exe file (a
> >>>> utility) that is on my C drive (local) on a folder that is on one of
my
> >>>> friends' own C (local) Drive at a remote location.
> >>>> I was told I could do that by "sharing" his folder while we are
> >>>> connected but being a complete newbie to actually doing this, I have
> >>>> no idea of how to proceed.
> >>>> Anyone can help me with easy to follow simple instructions on how to
do
> >>>> the above?
> >>>> (Please let me know if this is not the correct newsgroup.)
> >>>> Tx a lot.
> >>>> S
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> For your friend to simply share his folder with you requires that he
> >>> share it with the world, which is rather dangerous.
> >>>
> >>> To securely share a folder, use VPN. Virtual Private Networking
creates
> >>> an encrypted channel of communications from one PC (yours) to another
> >>> PC (his), using the internet to deliver the packets. This is not
> >>> trivial to set up, but it works fine.
> >>>
> >>> For a simpler solution, send your .EXE as an email attachment to your
> >>> friend, and let him run it on his folder. He can then send the
results
> >>> back to you as an email attachment.
> >>
> >> Thanks for your comments, Bob.
> >> I will consider the email solution you proposed.
> >> As far as VPN, can I do that using VNC, etc?
> >> Tx,
> >> S
>
> Tx for your reply and for the links--appreciated.
> S
>
>

[saturnin02]

Tx for this Jack. Very helpful!
S
(I forget if this is top or bottom post....)
Jack wrote:
> Hi
> Setting VNC: : http://www.ezlan.net/vnc.html
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
>
> "saturnin02" <saturnin02_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> ...
>> Sooner Al wrote:
>>> You can *securely* do that with UltraVNC because of its *encryption*
>>> plug-in. Otherwise run VNC through a VPN tunnel...which gets you back to
>>> Bob's original suggestion...
>>>
>>> http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/
>>> http://home.comcast.net/%7Emsrc4plugin/
>>>
>>>
>>> "saturnin02" <saturnin02_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> Bob Willard wrote:
>>>>> saturnin02 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Win XP HE
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> I was wondering what is the simplest way to run a small .exe file (a
>>>>>> utility) that is on my C drive (local) on a folder that is on one of
>>>>>> my friends' own C (local) Drive at a remote location.
>>>>>> I was told I could do that by "sharing" his folder while we are
>>>>>> connected but being a complete newbie to actually doing this, I have
>>>>>> no idea of how to proceed.
>>>>>> Anyone can help me with easy to follow simple instructions on how to
>>>>>> do the above?
>>>>>> (Please let me know if this is not the correct newsgroup.)
>>>>>> Tx a lot.
>>>>>> S
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> For your friend to simply share his folder with you requires that he
>>>>> share it with the world, which is rather dangerous.
>>>>>
>>>>> To securely share a folder, use VPN. Virtual Private Networking
>>>>> creates an encrypted channel of communications from one PC (yours) to
>>>>> another PC (his), using the internet to deliver the packets. This is
>>>>> not trivial to set up, but it works fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> For a simpler solution, send your .EXE as an email attachment to your
>>>>> friend, and let him run it on his folder. He can then send the
>>>>> results back to you as an email attachment.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your comments, Bob.
>>>> I will consider the email solution you proposed.
>>>> As far as VPN, can I do that using VNC, etc?
>>>> Tx,
>>>> S
>>
>> Tx for your reply and for the links--appreciated.
>> S