If you’re like most people, you use your computer at home or at work, but sometimes you need to access it from a different location. Maybe you’re on vacation and need to check your email, or you’re out of town and need to work on a project. There are a few ways to do this. You can use a public computer, or you can use a remote desktop service. Public Computers: If you’re at a public computer, just log in with your username and password. Most public computers have remote desktop enabled by default. Remote Desktop Services: A remote desktop service is like having your own private computer that you can access from anywhere. There are many services available, but the two most popular ones are Microsoft Remote Desktop and LogMeIn Free Remote Access. Both services offer free trials so that you can try them before buying them. ..
Earlier this week we asked you to share your favorite remote desktop access tools and tips; now we’re back to highlight your favorite tools and how you use them.
The two prevailing themes among all the tools suggested were pricing and ease of deployment. On that front, LogMeIn had a strong following. Mtech writes:
TrinaryOC uses LogMeIn with an additional layer:
What a company.
Teamviewer is great but prohibitive price wise for my humble salary. Also Kudos to Dyndns as our third world country doesn’t offer fixed IP addresses (except at exorbitant cost)
Logmein Rocks
When you can ensure consistent VPN/SSH access (such as when accessing your own home network) it’s definitely the way to go.
Alex’s favorite tool is a veritable Swiss Army knife:
When we checked into it we saw mRemote supports 8 total protocols including RDP, VNC, SSH, HTTPS, and more—combine that with the well organized and tabbed interface Alex loves and you have a solid and free remote connection management tool.
Finally, a popular alternative/compliment to the aforementioned LogMeIn was TeamViewer. While many readers gave it a nod, IgImAx went all out detailing the features and why he loves it:
What more can you say indeed? Clearly TeamViewer earned all the votes readers threw at it.
Check out the rest of the reader nominations and tips in the full comment thread here.
