Screen sharing with windows 8.1 - observe windows screen on mac Here are already some questions about how to connect to mac's screen from windows, like:


screen sharing from Windows to Mac over LAN
Screen Sharing from windows to mac with no software on the windows computer


I'm looking for a reverse way. My wife got a new windows 8.1 notebook, and i'm looking for a way how to


connect to her notebook from my Mac
observe what she doing and allow remote assistence from my MAC
in short - the same functionality as the /System/Library/CoreServices/Applications/Screen\ Sharing.app does with another mac. (e.g. vnc://... )


What i need to install and/or configure in the windows notebook to got the ability share the windows 8.1 screen, e.g. what allows me doing the following:

$ smbutil lookup wifebook
Got response from 192.168.1.13
IP address of wifebook: 192.168.1.13
$ open vnc://192.168.1.13


Any ideas?

(ps: while i'm pretty familiar with UNIX like systems, i'm totally windows noob &amp; ignorant)
A couple of options come to mind. You can try both and see which works best for you.

1) you can install VNC for Windows (there are several versions) on her machine

Most are free and should work with the OSX vnc client application. I haven't use it so I can't say more. As long as they on the same network you should not have any problems. Over the internet, things get complicated...

2) install a free (for personal use) application like TeamViewer.

I prefer Teamviewer as it is simpler and it will work from anywhere in the world with a semi decent connection. There are several other applications like this out there but I've used it for years and I've come to trust it.

The other good thing about TeamViewer is that once her machine has it installed (and password protect it), it will get an numeric ID that should not change. Open an account with TeamViewer.com and save her ID there. Then anywhere in the world you can find her machine and share her screen. Neat no?



Hope that helped.