![]() ![]() ![]() It’s also available only for Windows, so cross-platformers needn’t apply. Since imPcRemote is based on VNC, I suspect that points to a firewall problem: if anyone wants to dig more deeply, I’d love to hear your findings, but frankly that experience was enough to drive me away.Īmmyy Admin is another package that looks a lot like VNC, so you can forget about sophistications such as screen scaling and remote audio. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get it working: following the setup instructions resulted only in an unhelpful (and rather rude) “USER ERROR” message. Personal or business use is free for up to five computers, with an optional subscription at £29 a year for unlimited use across Windows, OS X and Linux. You might quibble with the name, but you can’t argue with imPcRemote’s generous licensing terms. The three-PC plan costs $4.95 a month, which works out to around £36 a year. In this case, the catch is that a free account only lets you connect to a single computer: that may be good enough for some, but it means you can’t hop back and forth between work and home quite so freely as I’ve been doing with LogMeIn. Again, it supports remote printing, and remote audio, and there’s no restriction on using the free service for work purposes. Like TeamViewer, RemotePC runs on Windows, Mac and mobile operating systems (there’s no Linux support). That means I can browse and organise my personal files from afar, but if I want to access a work document I’ve been writing at home (hey, it happens), I’m in breach – and a commercial licence costs a steep £439. The catch is that, unlike LogMeIn, TeamViewer doesn’t permit you to use its free service for commercial purposes. ![]() In use it feels at least as smooth as LogMeIn, with support for Windows, OS X and Linux, and includes built-in file transfer, chat and remote printing functions. TeamViewer is marketed primarily as a business tool for virtual meetings and online presentations, but it also works as a remote access service. Since they don’t, I’m left looking for a properly free alternative to LogMeIn that I can switch to next week. I don’t need any of that, however: for what I need, I’d be fine with one of the numerous lightweight VNC variants, or Windows’ built-in Remote Desktop Connection tool… if only they’d work through the Dennis Publishing firewall. ![]()
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