Hi all
Just bought one of my clients an Apple iMac desktop all-in-one.
This will be his home PC, and I need to set it up so he can work from it remotely by connecting in via PPTP VPN.
I have also got Windows 7 Pro Retail and Parallels for Mac.
I'd appreciate some pointers on what or how I need to do things so it all works!
I am very familiar with Windows OS's but I have never really used a Mac at all, so I'm afraid you'll have to treat me like a 5yr old on this!
1. How do I set up a PPTP VPN (Server is Windows 2008 R2 using Routing and Remote Access)
2. How do I map a network drive?
3. How do I set default file associations for Word, Excel, etc to use the MS Office 2010 in Parallels?
4. The iMac comes with 4GB RAM. Is this sufficient to run both Windows 7 apps and Mac at the same time? No idea how resource hungry Mac OS is.
5. Does Parallels open a new window to work within ala RDP or does it do seamless application ala Citrix Apps?
As long as I can show my user how to:
1. Dial up VPN
2. Access network drive
3. Open/Print/Edit Word/Excel Docs
4. Access Outlook (Parallels) (Exchange 2010)
Then the rest he can figure out for himself, he's the one who insisted on a Mac!
Thanks in advance.
Just bought one of my clients an Apple iMac desktop all-in-one.
This will be his home PC, and I need to set it up so he can work from it remotely by connecting in via PPTP VPN.
I have also got Windows 7 Pro Retail and Parallels for Mac.
I'd appreciate some pointers on what or how I need to do things so it all works!
I am very familiar with Windows OS's but I have never really used a Mac at all, so I'm afraid you'll have to treat me like a 5yr old on this!
1. How do I set up a PPTP VPN (Server is Windows 2008 R2 using Routing and Remote Access)
2. How do I map a network drive?
3. How do I set default file associations for Word, Excel, etc to use the MS Office 2010 in Parallels?
4. The iMac comes with 4GB RAM. Is this sufficient to run both Windows 7 apps and Mac at the same time? No idea how resource hungry Mac OS is.
5. Does Parallels open a new window to work within ala RDP or does it do seamless application ala Citrix Apps?
As long as I can show my user how to:
1. Dial up VPN
2. Access network drive
3. Open/Print/Edit Word/Excel Docs
4. Access Outlook (Parallels) (Exchange 2010)
Then the rest he can figure out for himself, he's the one who insisted on a Mac!
Thanks in advance.