Windows user here, please don’t shoot me

I’m in need of a remote desktop solution that works without a monitor. I’ve tried AnyDesk, TeamViewer, and TightVNC.

All of the stuff I have need of using has a GUI client or dedicated software, but I’m about to be away from home for a couple weeks and I’m worried it might shit out on me for one reason or another and need some manual input (any one who has ever used a computer knows that this happens sometimes)

I have OpenVPN on my router and that’s how I’m accessing everything, so a local solution will work, and it would be nice, but not necessary, if it’s got an Android client as well

I have Windows 10 Home so I can’t use remote desktop that’s built into windows without installing a cracked pro version of window.

  • empireOfLove@lemmy.oneEnglish
    141·
    1 year ago

    I’ve switched almost exclusively to using RustDesk these days for anything outside of my LAN, and have had zero problems with it running on barebones machines, zero monitor connected. It’s open source!

    If you’re wanting to use the windows built in RDP, there apparently is a DLL wrapper that enables the RDP server on Home installations. See github. I haven’t had to use it though because my machines are all, well, “legal” copies of 10 or 11 pro, so i cant speak to whether it works or not.

    • Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      Thank you! This works for me!

      Although, to anyone who ends up here in search of the same question, you have to enable software rendering for it to work without a monitor

    • FierySpectre@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      For anyone wondering how one would go about upgrading your home install to pro, there’s MAS. It’s a simple script that will activate the windows version of your choosing, it can activate msoffice too.

      • empireOfLove@lemmy.oneEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        That’s the other option, yeah. If you already have a valid OEM key tied to your hardware though I can understand people not wanting to fuck with it.

        • FierySpectre@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Yeah ofc, if you already have a valid key doing everything you need you ofc have no need of it. If you would like BitLocker and remote desktop protocol (build in) like I do, you need a “pro” license.

          Stealing from a big company like microsoft is still ethically justified imo.