SamanthaJ

Guys need some help, being a girl i have trouble with pcs sometimes, but i am not as bad as you are probably thinking right now

I want to be able to remote control my desktop at home, from work? which is the best tool to do this?

Is it hard to set up?

Free would be brill ,

jpor

iTrader: (1)

This will probably help you. It was something that was featured on channel 5's Gadget Show:

http://gadgetshow.five.tv/jsp/5gsmai...ction=How%20To...

And it's free!

Foot_Tapper

Some things to think of.
Do you have access to the outside world from work ?
Do you use a router at home ?

SamanthaJ

Yes and yes Foot Tapper

NPeckt

I've used LogMeIn.
Its brill.

Neanderthal

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I use it as well.
Easy to set up and use!

Foot_Tapper

Your router will need a bit of configuration ( i expect) to be able to remote to your pc.
If it does need re-config, what you have to do, will depend on what remote software you use.

gazza-uk

you can use VNC Viewer or MS Remote Desktop,

If you have a router you will need to setup port forwarding to the PC you wish to control...

VNC uses PORT 5900 as default

Remote Desktop uses PORT 3389 as default..

I you wanted to connect to 2 PC's then you will need to chnage the default port on at least 1 PC

jpor

iTrader: (1)

And also configure any firewall software/hardware to allow for those ports.

markr1963

Another vote for logmein

Shouldn't need to open anything up on your router either

Mark

gazza-uk

the others are free........................

markr1963

logmein is free for basic remote control. If you want to have file sync and other features then it costs.

Mark

bioforger

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another vote for logmein, so easy to setup n use, n it actually works nicely to. It's excellent being able to IRC at work