Originally developed by AT&T research team in UK, Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is actively used by millions throughout industry, acdemics and private users. Various enterprises typically use VNC for remote technical support and accessing files on one's working network or via internet. In today’s huge corporate computer networks, with hundreds of computers located across the globe, the key is to manage these computers effectively to make optimal use of staff time and saving on major cost.

The technology is being increasing used as it is free, available for a different operating systems, simplicity of use and dynamic backward compatibility. For the network administrators cross-platform support allowing remote control between different computers is a huge plus. VNC is used in a wide range of applications that includes system administration, IT support and helpdesks. The system can also be used to support mobile users for hot desking within an enterprise. Let's explore it in details.

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Do not tell me about Windows and its bugs. No matter what I try doing new, half the time is consumed in detecting the bugs and fixing them. Today, I was trying to use a remote machine from another computer by remote access facility of WIndows XP with SP2. So when I tried to operate VNC, almost immediately I had two bugs stopping me.

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