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Yeah. We use it at work too, especially useful as you even get multi-desktop support and the resolution of the remote machine gets adjusted to your local resolution (that's where a lot of other software is lacking and scrolling on a desktop or manually selecting the monitors is not really fun  )
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I'd go for Teamviewer also.
Remote Desktop requires some type of VPN or to open holes in the corporate network to allow it to connect across the web.
Remote Desktop is awesome when everyone is on the same network (including vpn access). Teamviewer is awesome when crossing those boundaries.
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TightVNC is fairly comfortable, and the company I work in uses it for support and testing without problems.
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Given that I dissed TeamViewer a few days ago and many appeared to agree with my complaints:
Remote Desktop
GoToMyPC (possibly not free, not sure)
TightVNC - I've been very pleased with it.
Sorry to hear about your friend having cancer - I hope the treatment is successful!
Marc
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Thank you; she has had for 'big' chemo sessions, 2 weeks apart. Now, 2 weeks off, then 12 treatments, once a week, of chemo specific to her type of cancer.
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I like Teamviewer or GoToMyPC for the fact that they do all the network navigation for you. Other than that, ya, they're not my favorite.
How is the mouse support for TightVNC? We're using Ultra and Real here and I can only use the left, right, and scroll buttons. My 4th and 5th buttons don't work.
I'm surprised that no one is listing Dameware. It's what I use here at work along with Remote Desktop and a couple of the VNC variants. The nice thing is that you pay for the client and you can install the service on as many machines as you wish to access.
They've tried to push us to use Symantec PcAnywhere. It's probably near the bottom if not the bottom of my list.
My preference list would be:
Dameware - Automated functions and a little "snappier" than Remote Desktop
Remote Desktop
VNC Variant - lack of 4th and 5th button support, little wonky with the color compression sometimes
If you don't have VPN access and you're not experienced with networking, I would recommend going with TeamViewer though.
Also, I wish your friend the best Tim.
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milo-xml wrote: How is the mouse support for TightVNC?
Don't know, I only have a two button mouse with wheel.
Never heard of Dameware - I'll check it out.
PCAnywhere? Wow, that's ancient!
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote: PCAnywhere? Wow, that's ancient!
I know, right? I think someone high up in our IT department is getting kickbacks from Symantec.
The nice thing about Dameware is that you can remote install the service to view the remote desktop, as long as you have administrative privileges. Then automatically stop or even uninstall the service when you're done.
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Remote desktop is preinstalled and will do the job in 98% of the cases.
Depending on their network and firewall setup, you might want to take a look into configuring a Remote Desktop Gateway Server[^]
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I have used both Teamviewer and Logmein. Both are very easy to set up.
I use Teamviewer now for when I am in Florida to access my main machine here in Ohio.
Just like I am sitting in front of it. The other nice thing about Teamviewer is that it also lets you view all the monitors attached to the desktop through the remote session (of which I have 4 1920x1080).
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One Caveat for Remote Desktop, MAKE SURE your friend logs out of a session and doesn't just click the 'X' to close. Not logging out can cause your account to become locked depending on how the network is setup and managed.
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My co-worker uses Cisco AnyConnect to get to our internal network, and then Windows Remote Desktop to connect to his office desktop.
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If she uses Chrome, install Chrome Remote Desktop[^]. Free, works through firewalls, higher fidelity than TeamViewer.
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Interesting... which check that out for personal use as well...
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Try team viewer....best remote desktop software around, bypasses firewall and NAT's.
requires good connection though. 
Anand.
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RDP is the only thing you should be considering using unless you can not get access to the machine by giving it an external IP or using NAT. In those cases I would look at TeamViewer or LogMeIn.
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Teamviewer is free for NPO
www.teamviewer.com
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No. It is not. Unless the work is volunteer and unpaid. For NPO's with paid employees it's not free.
As private use we understand any use of TeamViewer for purposes that are neither directly nor indirectly paid. It is not about whether the service itself is paid but whether the service is rendered within the context of the creation of an added value with some kind of financial compensation.
Examples for an indirect payment:
- a software company sells a software product for which it offers free support via TeamViewer
- teamwork among colleagues within a company
- use in associations and non-profit organizations with non-volunteer (i.e. paid) employees
- access to a company computer for work-related activities
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Thank you for the link and explanation. I assumed this was the case, but knowing is better.
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I use Remote Desktop extension for Google Chrome.
It's easy and it's free. Just need chrome browser on both machines.
Wish all the best for your friend.
PS: Just don't use alt+f4 
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I used the tunneling capability of putty ssh and remote desktop for years. Once you have the tunnel set up stored with that session in putty, all she'll need to do is log in with ssh and then use remote desktop to get to her machine.
If you know how, you can even make a blanket tunnel to all the ports of an entire machine, which is useful for accessing things like file share servers.
There's easier systems to use, but the IT department probably already has some form of remote access for themselves, and there's a good chance its ssh, which would mean all they need to do to get this going, is to allow her to log into that server remotely.
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
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For a free option, look into Chrome Remote Desktop.
It runs inside the Chrome Browser and works pretty well. You can find it in the Chrome Web Store. Install the "server"side on the machine at work, and the use the extension on the chrome client to log in...
Works fairly well.
Hope your friend benefits from her treatment and beats the disease...
Regards,
Rolando
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I own a Professional license for TeamViewer, but I find myself using http://jumpdesktop.com/ and http://chrome.google.com/remotedesktop almost exclusively for the past couple of years.
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I use remoting software everyday, my PC is in a datacenter as that has the speed to download stuff really quickly like compilers libraries and so forth. My home network is standard hsdpa (sloooow).
I have a lot of experience when dealing with remote desktop software. For Microsoft Windows, the RDP protocol is good but you shouldn't be constrained to a single protocol (allow for redundancy).
Logmein is in my experience uses a slow protocol.
TeamViewer is excellent for documents, coding and what not. UDP protocol usually.
Splashtop is good for videos (again UDP)
Chrome Remote Desktop is also an option if a little awkward to setup but very reliable.
VNC protocol can be slow.
My mac (I assume you're Microsoft Windows) has a HDMI USB tricky thing, which activates the graphics card for OpenGL 4. This also improves performance for many apps [remotely].
I do recommend 2 protocols, one as back up. Even more so if you don't have access to the machine (which I'm sure you do).
Best Regards
Bobby Jo
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