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| DATE | May 8, 2008 |
| TICKET | #337331 |
| STATUS | Closed |
| SUBJECT | Activex for Microsoft Remote Workplace |
| CAT | Home/Business Network and/or Internet Connection |
| TYPE | Other Networking |
| DESC | |
| DESC | |
| PLATFORM | Apple Macintosh (PowerPC) |
| MODEL | Macbook |
| PROC | 2.4Ghz |
| RAM | 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM |
| DRIVE | 160 GB |
| NAME | Travis |
| USERNAME | trav101 |
| TECHNICAL | Little Experience |
| ISSUE | Need Advice |
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TICKET ARCHIVE -> Activex for Microsoft Remote Workplace
trav101 - May 8, 2008 - 2:30 pm
Hi!
I need to use Microsoft Remote Web Workplace on Windows Small Business Server 2003 to gain remote access to my work PC. My IT support hate Macs so they suggested I throw away my new Macbook and get a 'real computer'.
Can I get around Activex contols or do I need to get Boot Camp and run Windows on my Mac? I am running Mac OSX 10.5.2 on a brand new Macbook 2.4 Ghz dual core.
I need to use Microsoft Remote Web Workplace on Windows Small Business Server 2003 to gain remote access to my work PC. My IT support hate Macs so they suggested I throw away my new Macbook and get a 'real computer'.
Can I get around Activex contols or do I need to get Boot Camp and run Windows on my Mac? I am running Mac OSX 10.5.2 on a brand new Macbook 2.4 Ghz dual core.
Serenak - May 10, 2008 - 6:58 pm
Hello Travis
thanks for using macosx.com and I will try to advise/assist you as best I can.
OK - IT depts hate Macs as a matter of course usually, and like many they try to mock and belittle what they fear most - you can look at it a lot of ways but I tend to take the view that they fear what changing to Macs could do to their "high" position in the structure - without all that Byzantine MS stuff to keep users baffled they might just find themselves out of work...
But seriously - the Mac was a "real" computer way back when PC users were still struggling with the graceful DOS...
Anyway, unfortunately Activex is a "lovely" MS only tool so yes you will have to access the work thing via Windows somehow... You have several options BootCamp (the Dual Booting way), or a VM way (Parallels, VMware Fusion or now VirtualBox)
BootCamp will give you the option of booting the Mac as a Mac... or as a real Windows PC, but it is either or and you will have to split your HDD into the Mac bit and the PC bit...
A virtualisation tool makes you able to create "Virtual Machines" (VMs) which can be run inside the Mac OS - I have heard that heavy users rate VMware Fusion as better than Parallels (though I have only used Parallels myself and find it perfectly adequate and very easy to set up and use) I know almost nothing about VirtualBox except that the Mac version recently left Beta and it is FREE
Obviously you will have to have access to a legal and activatable copy of Windows suitable for your needs
So in my book I would say depending on how much you are prepared to spend and the frequency and urgency of need to get onto the work thing try VirtualBox first - if it doesn't work then you can kill it and try either Parallels or Fusion
If you need to be on there long chunks of time and the need to reboot isn't so bad then BootCamp may be the best solution (and is already built in of course) - if you are likely to use SP3 which hit my BootCamp work machine on Friday make sure you have the latest BC updates from Apple available before applying the SP3, it has to be run in Windows before you apply SP3 apparently
Hope that helps some
thanks for using macosx.com and I will try to advise/assist you as best I can.
OK - IT depts hate Macs as a matter of course usually, and like many they try to mock and belittle what they fear most - you can look at it a lot of ways but I tend to take the view that they fear what changing to Macs could do to their "high" position in the structure - without all that Byzantine MS stuff to keep users baffled they might just find themselves out of work...
But seriously - the Mac was a "real" computer way back when PC users were still struggling with the graceful DOS...
Anyway, unfortunately Activex is a "lovely" MS only tool so yes you will have to access the work thing via Windows somehow... You have several options BootCamp (the Dual Booting way), or a VM way (Parallels, VMware Fusion or now VirtualBox)
BootCamp will give you the option of booting the Mac as a Mac... or as a real Windows PC, but it is either or and you will have to split your HDD into the Mac bit and the PC bit...
A virtualisation tool makes you able to create "Virtual Machines" (VMs) which can be run inside the Mac OS - I have heard that heavy users rate VMware Fusion as better than Parallels (though I have only used Parallels myself and find it perfectly adequate and very easy to set up and use) I know almost nothing about VirtualBox except that the Mac version recently left Beta and it is FREE
Obviously you will have to have access to a legal and activatable copy of Windows suitable for your needs
So in my book I would say depending on how much you are prepared to spend and the frequency and urgency of need to get onto the work thing try VirtualBox first - if it doesn't work then you can kill it and try either Parallels or Fusion
If you need to be on there long chunks of time and the need to reboot isn't so bad then BootCamp may be the best solution (and is already built in of course) - if you are likely to use SP3 which hit my BootCamp work machine on Friday make sure you have the latest BC updates from Apple available before applying the SP3, it has to be run in Windows before you apply SP3 apparently
Hope that helps some
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