]> 2026-05-26T11:09:59+02:00 Installing VNC Server and Viewer 0 en Draft How to install VNC Server and viewer to connect to pre-XP Windows operating systems Medium 10 minute(s) Teamviewer are withdrawing support and are very dismissive of helping out with teamviewer issues for older operating systems. Sometimes the problem just has to be solved, so there are other tools that can be used to "piggy back" onto a teamviewer connection to an office PC. A reliable, free and simple method is to use VNC. This involves #Installing VNC Server on the old PC that you want to control #Installing VNC Viewer on the Piggy-back PC VNC Viewer can be downloaded [https://archive.realvnc.com/download/get/786/eula/ here] VNC Server can be downloaded [https://archive.realvnc.com/download/get/775/eula/ here] false en Installing_VNC_Server_and_Viewer_vnc_icon.png none <nowiki>From the piggy back PC, connect to <div class="mw-highlight mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre>\\Bnnn\<br />or<br />\\Bnnn\saw<br />[Where Bnnn is the build number - eg M012, F002 etc]</pre></div>on the older PC.<br /><br />If using the build number does not work, you may need to use IP addresses<div class="mw-highlight mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre>\\192.168.1.54\saw<br />(Look up the IP address using ipconfig from the command prompt, or network settings)</pre></div><br/></nowiki> Find it in windows explorer # Click Next # Accept T&Cs # Default Directory # Full Installation, Click Next # Default Start Menu Folder, click Next # Ensure VNC Server boxes both ticked, click install on next screen On the first run of VNC server, ensure "No Authentication" is ticked Click OK Click OK on License screen Click Finish Copy the VNC Viewer install file across After installation, attempt connection with the old PC using the PC name if this fails, use the IP address Get a teamviewer connection to a newer PC to use as the piggy back device Connect to a shared drive on the older PC Copy the VNC viewer file over to the shared drive Get a tech-savy operator to install it First run of VNC Server Install VNC Viewer on Piggy back machine VNC Teamviewer Remote 2020-06-01T13:57:23Z 2459002.0815162 Installing VNC Server and Viewer 0 false false 0 0 0 1 plainlist 3 [[:Dokit:DocOptions]] [[DokitEPIEnable::yes]] Installing VNC Server and Viewer# QUERYee7a61aae48f1c3f91d8e4d7736360be