REMOTE ACCESS By Lance Whitney I’ve used a variety of remote-access applications over the years, but one remains my favorite. iDrive’s RemotePC is rea
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AskWoody MVPNovember 8, 2020 at 9:15 pm #2310399Viewing 3 reply threadsAuthorReplies-
Alex5723
AskWoody PlusNovember 9, 2020 at 12:31 am #2310435“Reasonably priced requires a subscription” ?
There are free tools out there. I use free portable TeamViewer.
There is also the free AnyDesk that supports : Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android, Linux, FreeBSD, Raspberry Pie, ChromeOS.-
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AskWoody MVPNovember 9, 2020 at 1:10 am #2310444And the free Chrome Remote Desktop.
https://www.askwoody.com/newsletter/free-edition-how-to-use-chrome-remote-desktop/cheers, Paul
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leland
AskWoody PlusNovember 9, 2020 at 9:59 pm #2310824Anydesk is great because of the number of platforms supported and you can use the free versions forever for personal use or a reasonably priced business version. If you install a plugin you can even control your Android devices and give each device a unique alias for easy access. You do have to pay to get the address book but it remembers all the devices you access so that is not an issue.
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