[Asp]

A friend wants to do some work on a PC in an office in another part of town (running an accounting program, etc).

I used PCAnywhere for DOS long, long ago for this, so I want something of similar functionality for Windows that runs over the internet.

I've found this Wiki page on "Comparison_of_remote_desktop_software" which looks useful, but I wonder if anyone can give recommendations. It should be:

Free
Easy to install
Reasonably secure
Runs on Win XP, or 2k, and would be nice if also on Mac OSX.

Thanks...

This post has been edited by Asp: 02 September 2008 - 12:35 AM

[Zxian]

https://secure.logmein.com/home.asp

LogMeIn seems to do exactly what you're looking for. I've used it on a number of systems, and it's more or less seemless.

[reboot2005]

Teamviewer is good too.
It even give you the option to run without installation.

Cheers

[DigeratiPrime]

Whats wrong with the RemoteDesktop built into Windows?

[Asp]

reboot2005, on Sep 2 2008, 03:17 PM, said:

Teamviewer is good too.
It even give you the option to run without installation.

Thanks, tried this.

Very easy to install, no restrictions.
Even has a Mac client.

[DKasler]

You could also try Mesh from MS Live http://www.mesh.com it gives you 5gb free of storage to store files to sync back and forth between different PCs AND it also has a built it remote desktop tool. It will let you connect to any of the machines on your Mesh network.

PS. Its all free

This post has been edited by DKasler: 15 September 2008 - 12:45 AM