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Currently using Windows 10 Remote Desktop Connection to manage a headless Plex server at home. It’s OK, but am curious if there are other/better choices?

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I use TeamViewer Host to manage a headless media server at my sister’s house 130 miles away. Currently using v13 at both ends and – at my end – being nagged by the program to update to v14.

However, with v14 TeamViewer has made changes to its website and has removed the old ‘Download’ menu of old. As a result, I can no longer see the separate downloads for TeamViewer, TeamViewer Host and TeamViewer QuickSupport as per previous versions so I’m staying with what I have for the moment.

Having navigated around the site it appears that with v14 TeamViewer has stopped the ‘free for non-commercial use’ license completely – probably due to misuse – so I doubt I’ll ever be upgrading unless that changes.

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Teamviewer still offers older versions. We are licensed for version 9 and still use it, however it is not compatible with newer versions. You’ll want to disable automatic updates (just like windows) otherwise it will upgrade the version. The older versions are free for home use, but not commercial. I can’t say if they revoked that on older versions, hopefully not.

https://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/old-versions.aspx

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Rick Corbett

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I use Remote Desktop Connection to finagle with my laptop and my NAS.  In fact I just finished copying some drive image files from my desktop to a 3TB HDD I have in the drive dock on my NAS.

I have an Amazon FireStick for my TV, with Plex installed on it.  I have a Plex server on my NAS for my movie collection.  Quite handy.

Always create a fresh drive image before making system changes/Windows updates; you may need to start over!

We all have our own reasons for doing the things that we do with our systems; we don't need anyone's approval, and we don't all have to do the same things.

We were all once "Average Users".

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There certainly are ‘other’ choices. Whether they are ‘better’ will depend on your criteria.

Check out Windows Report’s article at:

https://windowsreport.com/remote-control-software-windows-10/

Also, PC Mag’s comparison of remote desktops at:

https://www.pcmag.com/roundup/355572/the-best-remote-access-software

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Elly

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Although I usually prefer RDP I often use AnyDesk and like it. https://anydesk.com/remote-desktop

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Elly

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