Access Computer remotely without going there

[selicon.valley]

Is there any software , Website available that I can access my computer remotely for example I am sitting at home and I want to access my office computer who is at the office is there any possibility and not only I can access computer but also can run or install softwares and application.

[riteshjain1982]

use logmein it's free

[Hack]

Try PCAnyWhere....not free, but very good.

[RobDog888]

Use http://www.GoToMyPC.com

You can try it for free.

[penagate]

Remote Desktop. Comes with Windows.

As with the above suggestions, you'll need to forward the appropriate port internally, open it on any software firewall, and so on.

[mendhak]

Another vote for LogMeIn!

[techgnome]

Remote Desktop is how we do it as well.... VPN into the network, then use RD to access the machine. In some cases, if we've also got a Virtual machine running, we'll remote into that as well if we need to.

-tg

[RobDog888]

Remote Desktop is how we do it as well.... VPN into the network, then use RD to access the machine. In some cases, if we've also got a Virtual machine running, we'll remote into that as well if we need to.

-tg

Although a good suggestion, but why does everyone want to use me to login

But you cant run RD on an older system that doesnt support RDC.

[techgnome]

might have to do with port 888 being open. besides RD works better than a Hack or a Mendhack.... those are just workarounds for the older systems.

-tg

[RobDog888]

Off topic:

Windows Me is what you would have to run if you wanted Mendhak support.

But if your workstation is in a networkthat your trying to remote into you would have to first RDC into the public server and then possibly to the workstation. Most companies wont alow you to directly vpn into your workstation, at least from what I have experienced.

[Hack]

besides RD works better than a Hack or a Mendhack.... those are just workarounds for the older systems.

Much, much older systems.

[selicon.valley]

what is
rd

[techgnome]

Two things:
1) Remote Desktop (which is how I originally intended it)
2) RobDog

-tg

[Davadvice]

VNC is a good free software for this.

I use it at home just now and it works fine

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/dtg...vnc/index.html

[szlamany]

LogMeIn is really good - and it uses port 80 - so it's pretty safe.

For instance I've installed it on a workstation in my office and now I can remotely attach to that workstation from a web browser anywhere in the world.

And it is free.

[Lord Orwell]

older versions use netmeeting which also is included in xp (but hard to find). You can log into someone else's computer using netmeeting and it LOCKS THEM OUT while you do it! Very cool. On a side note: Could someone explain in detail how to use remote desktop? I have two computers and i would like to use RD as an alternate to a kvm switch.

[szlamany]

Start>My Computer...Properties

I've got a tab that says REMOTE

On that tab I've got REMOTE DESKTOP frame - when I can "Allow users to connect remotely to this computer".

I've only ever done this in-network - on my office LAN. From the outside world I've only ever connected to a server with RDP. Servers allow only two non-licences RDP sessions - and they don't take over the "desktop" like when you RDP into a workstation.

btw - if you cannot find remote desktop - do a start>run and the program is called MSTSC

[Lord Orwell]

i know how to enable it on one computer. I don't know how to take it over from another computer

[penagate]

Start -> Run -> mstsc -v:computername

[RobDog888]

When the RDC session is connected and the source computer clicks Ok, if joining their ssession, you get your RDC window opened to their current location/screen/windows. If there is no users on the source computer then you have to log on to the system just like you would normally do on any windows system.

I dont see why one would use a third party remote desktop software when RDC is free and built into windows.

[Davadvice]

The reason for using third Party Software would mean there is less chance of you falling victim of an attack.

Every XP PC has Remote Desktop, so hackers will attack this software more frequently. The number of exploites for IE will be higher than for opera or Firefox. the same will be said for other bundled software i would imagine.

the other reason i use VNC is that the RD with windows is too concerned with look and feel and uses more resources, when i have used it in the past I found it to be slow and clunky.

dav

[RobDog888]

Using a third party utility is less secure. The RDC thats on every computer with XP/Vista needs enabling first before any security concern could be thought about.

RDC can be configured for lightweight data use for slow dial-up connections or just to increaase your transfers. Just change the default settings to dialup, no background, no sound etc and the speed increases dramatically.

[Lord Orwell]

it's enabled by default in xp!

Any cross-platform solutions? Logging into ubuntu from xp for example?

[techgnome]

It was? Not here it wasn't.... causes confusion every time we setup a new machine....

-tg

[Davadvice]

whether it is enabled or not would not realy mater. the dynamics around using a buffer overflow or some technique to enable the service would be easier to achieve without droping in a trogan.

i am asuming that if the service is enabled then there will be a tool to see if there is a PC listening for connections using one method or another. thus the hit rate on this service would be greater than that of say VNC or any other Suggestions above.

i also believe that the service is enabled by default on my install however it does require a user prompt to access the PC.

this is just a random search on google

I also Acknowledge that third parties may also be hacked but the Number of PCs with them installed is much Smaller.

Think that this may have gone slightly off topic.

Thanks

David

[szlamany]

If you want minimal access across your firewall - then LogMeIn is a perfect solution.

It simply uses port 80 - and runs as a "service" as such on any remote PC that you want to control.

It talks out to the net on port 80.

It handles the authentication itself.

I'm sure that their are hackers out their looking for LogMeIn services running on networks but I feel less vulnerable not opening additional ports.

Just having ports for SQL Server open on my firewall has caused me problems...

[RobDog888]

whether it is enabled or not would not realy mater. the dynamics around using a buffer overflow or some technique to enable the service would be easier to achieve without droping in a trogan.

i am asuming that if the service is enabled then there will be a tool to see if there is a PC listening for connections using one method or another. thus the hit rate on this service would be greater than that of say VNC or any other Suggestions above.

i also believe that the service is enabled by default on my install however it does require a user prompt to access the PC.

this is just a random search on google

I also Acknowledge that third parties may also be hacked but the Number of PCs with them installed is much Smaller.

Think that this may have gone slightly off topic.

Thanks

David

Thats not accurate as if you look at the google hitlist its all about enabling "multiple remote desktop connections" which is not a supported feature because RDC only lets you have one connection by default and needs that tweak to allow two or more. Its not about programmatically enabling RDC if its disabled.

Anyways, it just takes common sense and perhaps a firewall to keep any system safe no matter what is used.

[Lord Orwell]

Anyways, it just takes common sense and perhaps a firewall to keep any system safe no matter what is used.

amen brotha