Dersgniw
Disco Crunchin
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behind you
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1 edit | [POLL] Remote Access Software - 2009 Member Choice
Remote access software is used to control a computer from a remote location over a network. For remote desktop clients, you can see exactly what is on the desktop of the remote computer. All graphics and sounds are passed over the network to be displayed on the client machine. On a fast network, you may not even be aware you are working on a different computer. Many use it on home networks to allow a computer to be used with no monitor or input devices. They can connect to a computer in the office (home or work office) while sitting on the back porch using their laptop. It can be used by customer service reps or by individuals to help friends and family with computer problems. It can also be used in businesses to allow employees to work on computers, virtually, with differing software environments. Some software allows multiple users to connect to one computer at the same time.
There are several different types of clients in use. Some use your web browser as a client, often connecting first to a central website. This has the advantage of simple setup and overcomes problems with firewalls. Others use a standalone client that connects directly to the remote server. This often requires more knowledge to setup (i.e port forwarding), but can be contain more features. Most contain some form of encryption for security reasons and require a username and password to take control of the remote machine.
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lilhurricane
Crunchin' For Cures
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Purple Zone
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Thanks for a captivating poll  |
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MarkAW
Barry White or lil bratt
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join:2001-08-27
Canada | reply to Dersgniw
None.
Nice poll though. |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA | reply to Dersgniw
Great Poll Dersgniw! 
Remote Desktop
UltraVNC
Team Viewer |
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WFO
Premium
join:2001-08-27
San Ramon, CA | reply to Dersgniw
Logmein. We use it at work. And I use it to fix my dad's computer when he messes something up. It cuts down on the driving.  |
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Jeffrey
too dark too early
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Dix Hills,NY
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LogMeIn Free, LogMeIn Rescue, And Teamviewer are all ones I've used or use currently. Like them all very much. |
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aefstoggaflm
Open Source Fan
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join:2002-03-04
Bethlehem, PA | reply to Dersgniw
I have installed on my computer: Show my PC, Team Viewer, and TightVNC. |
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Vchat20
Landing is the REAL challenge
join:2003-09-16
Warren, OH
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For me this is one of those cases where it depends on the scenario whether a certain program is used.
~Logmein primarily for systems that I cannot do port forwarding or dyndns addresses with a constantly changing ip address. Mostly for use on systems that I have to support remotely and have no direct access to.
~UltraVNC for pretty much all other cases and the need to keep the monitor active on the machine I'm connecting to.
~Remote Desktop for ease of use when I know the system I'm connecting to has it's port opened/forwarded/etc.. ALSO seems to hold up extremely well under slow bandwidth connections compared to UltraVNC and rivals logmein. I once had to use it regularly on a 21kbps 700ms cellphone connection connected at a res of 1024x768 and while sluggish, it was bearable. VNC under the same circumstances is near impossible.
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Shrapnel64
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join:2001-01-24
Hayes, VA | reply to Dersgniw
DameWare is a good one that we use at work... +1 to Other |
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La Luna
Surviving Ashraful
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join:2001-07-12
Warwick, NY
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Thank you for the poll Dersgniw !
I use LogMeIn (free). |
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ironwalker
World Renowned
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join:2001-08-31
Keansburg, NJ
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Thanks for the poll
Love radmin. |
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Rxdoxx
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Middle River, MD
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None.
Subject has been of interest to me for a long while, just never needed remote access either way.
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fan13027
join:2008-10-26
Winnipeg, MB | reply to Dersgniw
Gbridge »www.gbridge.com
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Littlem129
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join:2007-05-13
White Pine, TN | reply to Dersgniw
None.
Thanks for the poll. |
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sonofjay
Mission Accomplished - Bush May 1, 2003
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join:2001-05-14
North Attleboro, MA | reply to Dersgniw
Other:
Dameware »www.dameware.com/ |
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Guspaz
Guspaz
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join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC
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When it works (it's highly unstable in my experience), and you're using it on a Linux host (client can be anything), NoMachines' NX is by far the best. It provides near-native performance even over the internet, can remote an entire virtual desktop or have all the windows separate; running an app over NX is like, from a user interface perspective, like running it on your local machine. |
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Kanebrake
JJ - Hendrick 48 Car
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join:2002-03-12 | reply to Dersgniw
What ever MS provides. |
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TheAnalyzer
join:2006-01-20 | reply to Dersgniw
Very nice poll Dersgniw !
I am using : RealVNC
TA
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alrandolph
join:2004-07-11
Brooklyn, NY | reply to Dersgniw
For person's that I help out: logmein
At work we use: windows remote desktop and VNC
for my linux boxes; Tightvnc |
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neonhomer
Honoray Mythbuster
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Edgewater, FL
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My company uses GotoMYPC..... They like it, works okay for me. |
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