Remote Control Software

**Augurr** · February 13th, 2005, 03:55 PM

I am looking for something that I can control the other PC's in my LAN or one of the machines from the Internet. I looked at GotoMyPC, but you gotta pay for the damn thing before you can even try it... correction, you have to enter your credit card with the promise that they won't charge you till your trial expires. That I don't trust. Does anyone have any recommendations of free software that I can do this with or something that I can actually download and try first?

**rgharper** · February 13th, 2005, 04:01 PM

Originally Posted by Augurr

I am looking for something that I can control the other PC's in my LAN or one of the machines from the Internet. I looked at GotoMyPC, but you gotta pay for the damn thing before you can even try it... correction, you have to enter your credit card with the promise that they won't charge you till your trial expires. That I don't trust. Does anyone have any recommendations of free software that I can do this with or something that I can actually download and try first?

http://www.realvnc.com/

http://www.tightvnc.com/

**Augurr** · February 13th, 2005, 04:08 PM

Originally Posted by rgharper

http://www.realvnc.com/

http://www.tightvnc.com/

thanks I'll check into those also. but I just found this really cool site called .. www.logmein.com. It loads activex controls and it works really well. I'm controlling my desktop from my laptop, via the internet right now. and it is really fast. pretty amazing. the basic remote control options are completely free, the rest like file transfer and the such is optional pay.

**Outcoded** · February 13th, 2005, 05:29 PM

www.radmin.com

**InTheWayBoy** · February 13th, 2005, 08:03 PM

I too just recently found out about logmein.com, and so far it's very nice for what it costs...which is nothing! It works through a firewall, and you get to keep a list of your clients on their website for easy access. It's very suspicious actually, cause it's really almost too good to be free. You can't transfer files with the free version, but you can pay for something that lets you do it. It's on their homepage if you are interested.

Otherwise I just use VNC, specifically UltraVNC.

**Gabriel** · February 14th, 2005, 02:41 AM

Whenever I need a remote control I use VNC of some sort
The best I find is VNC Neiborhood http://www.sysworksoft.net/products/vncnbhood.html

Cheers,
Gabriel

**Augurr** · February 14th, 2005, 09:38 AM

Originally Posted by Gabriel

Whenever I need a remote control I use VNC of some sort
The best I find is VNC Neiborhood http://www.sysworksoft.net/products/vncnbhood.html

Cheers,
Gabriel

I tried VNC software, realvnc and tightvnc, and found the software to be too slow. Even going across my home network with the desktop as the host and my laptop and the viewer, it was painfully slow. I could close a window on the host, and 3 minutes later it would refresh on the laptop. Horrendous. Logmein works quite nicely for what I want to do and it is free. I don't really need file transfer and my work network is usually too unstable and slow to bother transferring files to myself. I just check my web mail(which is blocked at work) and check on the status of my torrents I'm getting. ;-P

**corturbra** · February 14th, 2005, 10:21 AM

Just wondering what software is on your client PC's.....

I use a VPN connection to our customer sites, and then use the Remote Desktop on XP to connect to XP Pro PC's.... totally free.

We also use something called Funk Proxy, not free but very useful.

**RejectionMan** · February 14th, 2005, 12:29 PM

If this is on the local network and the PC's are all running windows XP or a server products why not use Remote Desktop? (Terminal Server in administration mode) It is built in to all these products and you just have to turn it on.

**Augurr** · February 16th, 2005, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by RejectionMan

If this is on the local network and the PC's are all running windows XP or a server products why not use Remote Desktop? (Terminal Server in administration mode) It is built in to all these products and you just have to turn it on.

But there is no way to transfer files between machines with the RD. Or did I miss something in it?

**corturbra** · February 16th, 2005, 12:04 PM

Originally Posted by Augurr

But there is no way to transfer files between machines with the RD. Or did I miss something in it?

You need to go into the options and tick the box that gives access to local drives. I've used this to transfer files.

**Hajo** · March 14th, 2005, 02:09 PM

Did you try I'm InTouch -Remote Access Software. Iam using it and it is great
here is site and i received mail from them recently about 50% discount they are offering for short period.
Their download link for 30 days free trial
Download link

**TangleWeb** · March 14th, 2005, 07:24 PM

Another vote for logmein. I have installed it on a half dozen PCs since I first came across it last week. It seems to work very well, is easy to set up & the price is right

For my personal PC I use Remote Desktop Web Connection & I am very happy with that. It is fast & reliable, but not something you would set up on a bunch of PCs.

I also have a small server that I use as a file server on my home LAN & as a limited-use ftp server using Serv-U. I use www.dyndns.com for name resolution (free) with direct update to sync my ISP’s ever-changing DHCP assigned IP address, again, free.

Lots of access at NO charge

~Dave

**confus-ed** · August 5th, 2005, 05:12 AM

Originally Posted by meju_john

I use RemotePC : No credit card and all.. Enjoy

Do you ? Well that's very nice of you just to show up to tell us.

You might need your credit card though to pay for the ongoing fees mentioned on the bottom of that page