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I have used both Teamviewer and Logmein. Both are very easy to set up.
I use Teamviewer now for when I am in Florida to access my main machine here in Ohio.
Just like I am sitting in front of it. The other nice thing about Teamviewer is that it also lets you view all the monitors attached to the desktop through the remote session (of which I have 4 1920x1080).
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One Caveat for Remote Desktop, MAKE SURE your friend logs out of a session and doesn't just click the 'X' to close. Not logging out can cause your account to become locked depending on how the network is setup and managed.
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My co-worker uses Cisco AnyConnect to get to our internal network, and then Windows Remote Desktop to connect to his office desktop.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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If she uses Chrome, install Chrome Remote Desktop[^]. Free, works through firewalls, higher fidelity than TeamViewer.
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Interesting... which check that out for personal use as well...
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Try team viewer....best remote desktop software around, bypasses firewall and NAT's.
requires good connection though. 
Anand.
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RDP is the only thing you should be considering using unless you can not get access to the machine by giving it an external IP or using NAT. In those cases I would look at TeamViewer or LogMeIn.
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Teamviewer is free for NPO
www.teamviewer.com
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No. It is not. Unless the work is volunteer and unpaid. For NPO's with paid employees it's not free.
As private use we understand any use of TeamViewer for purposes that are neither directly nor indirectly paid. It is not about whether the service itself is paid but whether the service is rendered within the context of the creation of an added value with some kind of financial compensation.
Examples for an indirect payment:
- a software company sells a software product for which it offers free support via TeamViewer
- teamwork among colleagues within a company
- use in associations and non-profit organizations with non-volunteer (i.e. paid) employees
- access to a company computer for work-related activities
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Thank you for the link and explanation. I assumed this was the case, but knowing is better.
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I use Remote Desktop extension for Google Chrome.
It's easy and it's free. Just need chrome browser on both machines.
Wish all the best for your friend.
PS: Just don't use alt+f4 
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I used the tunneling capability of putty ssh and remote desktop for years. Once you have the tunnel set up stored with that session in putty, all she'll need to do is log in with ssh and then use remote desktop to get to her machine.
If you know how, you can even make a blanket tunnel to all the ports of an entire machine, which is useful for accessing things like file share servers.
There's easier systems to use, but the IT department probably already has some form of remote access for themselves, and there's a good chance its ssh, which would mean all they need to do to get this going, is to allow her to log into that server remotely.
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
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For a free option, look into Chrome Remote Desktop.
It runs inside the Chrome Browser and works pretty well. You can find it in the Chrome Web Store. Install the "server"side on the machine at work, and the use the extension on the chrome client to log in...
Works fairly well.
Hope your friend benefits from her treatment and beats the disease...
Regards,
Rolando
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I own a Professional license for TeamViewer, but I find myself using http://jumpdesktop.com/ and http://chrome.google.com/remotedesktop almost exclusively for the past couple of years.
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I use remoting software everyday, my PC is in a datacenter as that has the speed to download stuff really quickly like compilers libraries and so forth. My home network is standard hsdpa (sloooow).
I have a lot of experience when dealing with remote desktop software. For Microsoft Windows, the RDP protocol is good but you shouldn't be constrained to a single protocol (allow for redundancy).
Logmein is in my experience uses a slow protocol.
TeamViewer is excellent for documents, coding and what not. UDP protocol usually.
Splashtop is good for videos (again UDP)
Chrome Remote Desktop is also an option if a little awkward to setup but very reliable.
VNC protocol can be slow.
My mac (I assume you're Microsoft Windows) has a HDMI USB tricky thing, which activates the graphics card for OpenGL 4. This also improves performance for many apps [remotely].
I do recommend 2 protocols, one as back up. Even more so if you don't have access to the machine (which I'm sure you do).
Best Regards
Bobby Jo
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I use RDP and Logmein. Both are free but Logmein is very easy to set up and works via a browser interface.
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If more than one mouse is mice...
...then more than one spouse is spice.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote:
If more than one mouse is mice...
...then more than one spouse is spice going to get you locked up. |
FTFY!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Why a man would want to marry in the first place is mystery, why he'd want to do it again is a bigger mystery.
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+20 
Jeremy Falcon
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Bigamy is having one spouse too many. Monogamy is the same
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: ...then more than one spouse is spiceHell.
FTFY
Geek code v 3.12
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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How are you and Mrs V getting on with your quest for multiple Hice?
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It is going well. We have found a 'to let' property in Leeds that looks like it could be a nice little earner, now we have to find somewhere for us to live.
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