How to run a program remotely and show it locally?

Question

I have Windows 7 Ultimate on two PCs. I would like to open a program (like Firefox) on one PC, but have its window displayed on the other. Is this possible with Windows? Any programs I need to install?

Solution 1

If both PCs are in a same network, try Remote Desktop to see another PC window and even control it.

Or if your PCs aren't in same network, For example PC1 in NewYork and another one in China. You need Valid IP but it costs and maybe complex for you instead of it try softwares Like Team Viewer.

Solution 2

Remote Desktop or VNC are what you need. For Remote Desktop, there is a simple walk through on how to enable it on Windows.

If your computers are 'far' away from each other that you need to reach the other computer over the Internet, things might be more tricky. You might need to do port forwarding, configure firewalls, etc. A simpler solution for this situation will be TeamViewer.

Solution 3

Yes, you can do this with PSExec. PSExec is an unofficial Microsoft program from the Winternals group.

Comments

[cybernard]

or RealVNC if you don't like "Remote Desktop"

[Sepahrad Salour]

Yes, Exactly...

[Piskvor left the building]

@cybernard: Remote Desktop nowadays allows sharing of a single application window, VNC doesn't (it has extensions a la UltraVNC's "share this rectangle on the screen", but the behavior thereof is not quite optimal.)

[Karan]

Why "unofficial"? There's even an official book about the Sysinternals tools (Windows Sysinternals Administrator's Reference)!

[Keltari]

the winternals tools are not officially supported. But they work!

[John Rix]

Just bear in mind that PSExec is a command line tool in the same vein as SSH for *nix. The OP was asking about graphical applications (eg. Firefox) which PSExec does not cater for (to my knowledge!)