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With Timbuktu Pro, you can view the screen of a remote computer, or share your screen in real time, with any PC or Mac on the planet to access files, collaborate, teach or provide technical support. Use your mouse and keyboard to operate distant computers as if you were sitting right in front of them, send large files without tying up email, and communicate by intercom, text chat or instant message through any Internet connection and Skype™* Internet telephony application.
Features Include: – Search for and connect to other Timbuktu Pro users through your Skype contacts list – Remotely control machines while conversing and collaborating with other Timbuktu Pro users, all through a Skype tunnel – Stream Encryption and Compression Timbuktu Pro version 8 supports SSH to encrypt and compress Timbuktu Pro connections. In addition to providing secure connections, SSH compression may increase Timbuktu Pro performance. Use of this feature requires an SSH server, which is not included with Timbuktu Pro – Universal binary support for PowerPC and Intel-based Macintoshes – Enhanced Screen-Sharing - Preferences for Guest and Host can be defined separately, and both offer a number of new options, each of which may increase the performance or security of your screen-sharing sessions – MSI Installer Timbuktu is now packaged using a fully-compliant MSI installer, giving you more options during installation – Single-Stream Connections Timbuktu Pro now uses single-stream TCP connections by default, making it even easier to configure for operation through a firewall or NAT router – Timbuktu Pro sessions initiated through the Skype tunnel require no additional firewall and router configurations – Extended Logging Timbuktu Pro now supports two different types of centralized logging for all the Timbuktu Pro computers on your network Timbuktu Log Server, or NT Event Log Serve as well as a locally stored Event Log file. With these, you can more easily track performance, security and usage of Timbuktu Pro – On-the-Fly Preferences The screen-sharing windows system menu has been expanded to allow you to control settings for the screen-sharing window itself, or to change the host preferences on the fly, during an active screen-sharing session – Launch a Skype call from within Timbuktu Pro – Timbuktu Pro v8.6 is the current shipping version.
Hardware Requirements: Timbuktu Pro requires the same minimum hardware that is required by your Windows or Mac OS. In addition, you'll need; – 20 MB PC or 15 MB Mac of available disk space (50 MB are required for the network installation process) – 128 MB of physical RAM – An TCP/IP network connection or a modem – For modem connections, a 56 Kbps or faster modem – For the Intercom service or Skype, a microphone and speakers on each computer
Software Requirements: – One copy of Timbuktu Pro software on each computer that is to make or receive Timbuktu Pro connections – For TCP/IP connections, properly installed and configured transport software – Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows 2003 Server – Mac OS X version 10.3.9 or later (for earlier versions of Mac OS, Timbuktu Pro 7.0 is included with your Timbuktu Pro version 8 purchase
