Free remote access for Windows PC's

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  1. Cab

    Cab Guest

    I use this for work and it's very good.

    Now they have a free version for up to 5 PC's at home:

    https://www.mywebexpc.com/index.php

    I thought this may be useful to some of you.
     
    Cab, Aug 23, 2005
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  2. Cab

    Jeremy Guest

    Been using their web conferencing tool for the past year or so which
    works very well.


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    Jeremy, Aug 23, 2005
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  3. "Rope" advised:
    I use WinVNC to access 3 pc's on my home network, works fine although can be
    a little slow. Help if you turn the screen res. down on any remote server
    (ie. storage or printer server)
     
    Zan \(CBR1000F\), Aug 23, 2005
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  4. Cab

    Biffa @ Work Guest

    Anyone been playing with the Vista beta ?
    There is a nice little n/w app in there for displaying remote desktops (non
    interactive) called Network Projector.
     
    Biffa @ Work, Aug 23, 2005
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  5. Cab

    Cab Guest

    Bugger, didn't see that bit.

    Ah, this bit, you mean?

    How much does it cost?

    MyWebEx PC is free. During our free preview, you will enjoy the
    benefits of MyWebEx PC Pro for free, and install the application on up
    to 5 PCs. After the preview ends, you will be given the option to s tay
    on the Pro version for as low as $7.95/month for each PC, or you can
    continue with our free version. For more details, please refer to the
    plans page.
    True, but not as secure...
     
    Cab, Aug 23, 2005
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  6. Cab

    Cab Guest

    Bad form, etc. But the free version is for one PC only. More than
    enough for most, I would have thought.
     
    Cab, Aug 23, 2005
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  7. Cab

    Cab Guest

    For me neither. But then again, real men use putty. :)
     
    Cab, Aug 23, 2005
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  8. <Waves>

    Phil
     
    Phil Launchbury, Aug 23, 2005
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  9. You're still fixing broken Windows?

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    Dr Ivan D. Reid, Aug 23, 2005
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  10. Cab

    Cab Guest

    <G> Nice.
     
    Cab, Aug 23, 2005
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    Champ Guest

    Wasn't it just :)
     
    Champ, Aug 23, 2005
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  12. Nobody ever brought out an OS called Half-Brick, did they?
     
    Grimly Curmudgeon, Aug 23, 2005
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  13. I used to use TightVNC to support a couple of customers, until I
    implemented alpha-blended dialog boxes in my app - which TightVNC
    completely fails to transmit to the remote client (i.e. me).

    I'll have to try RealVNC at some point to see if it works properly.
     
    Lemmiwinks, The Gerbil King, Aug 23, 2005
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  14. Cab

    Cab Guest

    UltraVNC is quite nice.
     
    Cab, Aug 23, 2005
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  15. Ooh - ta. I hadn't even heard of that one. I'll have a closer look.
     
    Lemmiwinks, The Gerbil King, Aug 23, 2005
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  16. Just tried an ultraVNC session and it worked a treat. It even copes with
    the freaky-weird directdraw video overlay shennanigans that I'm doing.
    Highly recommended. Thanks for that.
     
    Lemmiwinks, The Gerbil King, Aug 23, 2005
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    Christofire Guest

    If you have access to the PC you want to control:
    www.logmein.com - no setup, just install on your account on the site
    and it just works. It's free for the basic (although it's not that
    basic) thing which is enough for work->home or home->work, but the paid
    options are pretty impressive.

    If you don't then logmein do some paid stuff, or use UltraVNC
    SingleClick - free, and once set up you just send a file to the person
    at the other end (i.e. the client, your parent/neighbour/etc). They
    run it, it connects to you, do the business. No installation at their
    end, no passwords etc.

    There's remote desktop and all, but option 1 here doesn't need any
    router fiddling, option 2 only needs it done at your end. Job's done.
     
    Christofire, Aug 23, 2005
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  18. Cab

    Christofire Guest

    The logmein.com thing lets you put on a fair amount of computers on one
    account. Very helpful support folks too. I'm not involved, I've just
    had *very* good experience with them.
     
    Christofire, Aug 23, 2005
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  19. Cab

    Cab Guest

    Me too.
     
    Cab, Aug 23, 2005
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  20. Lemmiwinks, The Gerbil King, Aug 23, 2005
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