remote in to brothers pc

rsdiscos

hi - would really appreciate help. my brother is a technophobe and lives in cornwall and i'm in birmingham. can i remote into his machine to solve the problems he has with his computer?

thanks!

rsdiscos

Darksun

Yes, Windows has built in 'remote assistance', or else you can use something like TightVNC

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/remoteassist/intro.mspx
http://www.tightvnc.com/

Browntoa

yes , crossloop is your friend

http://www.crossloop.com/download.htm?get_free=423399add121aad609eabfff514dac0ab564fda59cc9bd0ea8f1fee89fd97625b0afff714976ce8d&get_win_free&fromdl=true

rsdiscos

thanks all.

went down windows messenger route, but he struggled to get his account to work. did manage to sort problem with a two hour phone call.

thanks again!

spud17

+1 for Crossloop.
Seems to be the easiest for non-techies, with a nice simple layout, and easy connection procedure.
But don't bother setting up an account/registering.

went down windows messenger route, but he struggled to get his account to work. did manage to sort problem with a two hour phone call.

Might be worth having a trial run with Crossloop, while it's working, just thinking of possible future problems.

jaydeeuk1

Does tightVNC allow file transfers between client and host? I'm using logmein at the moment from work PC to home, but would like the ability to send files (without paying of course )

closed

teamviewer does, plain vnc variants require you to open up ports on routers/firewalls, and are unencrypted without extra plugins