Vnc viewer

I'm looking for a VNC viewer to connect to PCs to for screen sharing for tutorial purposes.  Can't use Skype due to network restrictions.  Any suggestions?

VNC is built into the mac operating system. To connect to a computer hosting VNC connection:
go to the dock
click on finder
go to the menu bar
click on the go menu
chose "connect to server..."
in the address bar type vnc://computerAddress.
click the connect button.
for the computerAddress you can use DNS name *assuming it has one), and or IP address.
you can also do vnc://user@computerAddress and vnc://user:password@computerAddress.
if you want, you can type this in the addressbar of safari, and then drag the url to the desktop to create file you can double click on to connect to the computer quickly.
you can also add the address you type in the address bar of the connect to server dialog box to the favorits list in the dialog box.

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    Virtual Network Computing. Now you know as much as I do.
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    Hi All,
    I have got Latest Mac Mini 2012 Oct Edition with 10.8.2 . Most of the time i connect my mac mini using VNC Viewer. However i can't use local resource like webcam/Speaker/Drive in Mac Mini.
    Source (VNC Viewer) Laptop - Linux - I use Vncviewer here.
    Target - Mac mini.
    For example :- When i connect PC1(Win) to PC2(Win)  using MS  RDP then  i can use PC1's resource on PC2 remotely.
    Link for ref: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IN/windows7/How-can-I-use-my-devices-and-resourc es-in-a-Remote-Desktop-session
    Please advice if we can get it done using vncviewer or i need some other tools.
    Regards

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    Hello everyone-
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    Hi Michael,
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    I am trying to involve someone familiar with this topic to further look at this issue. There might be some time delay. Appreciate your patience.
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  • Connecting to Mac OS X with VNC-viewer, time out

    every time I try to use a VNC-viewer on my PC to connect to my mac
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