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A friend of mine has cancer and is receiving treatment. She works for an NPO (not for profit organization) that have provided her with a laptop can can take home. However, some portions of her job require functions to be completed only from her computer that is on site at her work desk.
So, what would you recommend for remoting software to allow her to access her on-site computer from home? Any help is appreciated.
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Jacquers wrote: Teamviewer
The license is a bit pricey for pro use.
Windows' Remote Desktop is a good free option.
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For Windows?
- Remotedesktop (comes free with windows)
- TeamViewer (only free for private use)
- RealVNC (only free for private use)
TeamViewer is probably easiest to setup as there is no need to make the remote machine accessible by an ip address and port. Only requirement is that the machine is actually running.
For remote and realvnc you have to make the machine accessible by an ipaddress / port.
Depending on the setup you might want to configure Wake on LAN on the remote computer (including a firewall rule in the firewall/router etc. of the remote network) so you don't have to run the machine 24/7. And you might want to setup a VPN for that connection.
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What Nick said.
I use RDP alot, I can RDP to my laptop I forget at work once in awhile and just continue working like i am sitting at my desk.
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Works wonderfully
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+1 for remote desktop - we use it at work, and it seems to work well for windows boxes...
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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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