QOTD: What Remote Control Software Do You Use?

[norbs]

[citation][nom]grieve[/nom]Dameware, ezRemote Manager, PC Anywhere, and Remote Desktop.[/citation]
Love dameware, it does wonders here at work. We also use SMS but it does not work all the time and I have not seen dameware fail as long as we have local admin rights on the PC.

At home I hacked my media center to allow concurrent desktops, it's great for doing stuff in the background while watching tv.

 

[WyomingKnott]

Maybe I'm paranoid, but I never remote-control across the boundary between my home network and the big, scary world.

 

[preyingrazor]

LogMeIn. When I have to solve problems with friends' computers I use the same. More recenlty, I've started to use Windows 7's "invite a friend to help" feature.

 

[Dax corrin]

I use Remote Administrator and it does the job.

 

[Guest]

- Direct Update (software service that sits on one of my home boxes and reports IP changes to ZoneEdit.com)
- ZoneEdit.com (dynamic DNS)
- Three Remote Desktop boxes at home, using random external port numbers on my router, but 3389 once directed inside my home network.

Works great, whether inside my home network or outside my network on any PC with Internet access!

 

[Guest]

Logmein's HAMACHI, is awesome! I use the free version of that program and then whatever remote service works best with the OS, SSH for linux, VNC for XP and earlier and Remote Desktop for Vista forward.

 

[kittle]

I use windows RDP at work, and VPN software from home.
at home I use a KVM switch between desktop & server.
On the road, I either remember to copy it to my laptop, or go without. For others, IIS + dyndns works well enough for me.

 

[turbolover22]

Actually this is a very good QOTD. I have been wondering which Remote Control Software to use for a couple weeks now. This couldn't have come at a better time as I got a call last night asking for help fixing a family members computer. Well I guess two days ago would have been better, but this is close enough.

 

[Shadow703793]

I use TeamViewer. Easy to set up, quite secure and can do file transfer,etc.
See: http://www.teamviewer.com/index.aspx

 

[hectavex]

I use RDP to administrate WinXP machines and Tight VNC to administrate Win2K machines. For dynamic IP's like my computer at home has, I use the No-IP service.

 

[hectavex]

I use RDP to administrate WinXP machines and Tight VNC to administrate Win2K machines. For dynamic IP's like my computer at home has, I use the No-IP service.

 

[neiroatopelcc]

realvnc free for all client pcs, realvnc enterprise for 32bit servers, and remote desktop for 64bit win 2008 servers

 

[blackened144]

Our systems are all at work are UNIX/Linux based with no UI, we use putty for ssh access. Our backup "remote" is a cart with a monitor and kbd that's rolled around the data center..

 

[lotussama]

RDP over SSL through my Windows Home Server (HP MediaCenter) for home.

RDP and VNC at work.