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Have you ever left a vital document at home and had to beg a family member to email it to you at the office? Or stayed late at work to wait for an important email to arrive, or use a piece of software you don’t have installed at home?
How much would you pay to have back the two hours you spent talking your partner through that obscure dialogue box on your home PC?
If these questions strike a chord, then you could be in the market for some remote access software. The six products reviewed in this group test all allow you to connect to a remote PC and use it almost as though you were sitting in front of it.
Prices for remote access applications range from nothing to several hundred pounds, depending on how serious you want to get. We’re focusing on products aimed at individual users who want to take the pain out of being in front of the wrong PC at the wrong time.
The simplest package here offers a basic remote control function, albeit with secure encryption, while the most advanced provides tools for remote technical support, such as direct access to Windows system files and running process data.
Between these extremes are services giving you access from mobile devices, file sharing, and advanced file transfers with built-in data compression. If you’re not sure which one is for you, read on.
This is part of a group test on remote access software. Other articles
are:
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Communique I’m In Touch 5.10
3am Labs Log Me In
Pro 2.30.523
Anyplace Control 2.12
Citrix Gotomypc
5.0
Laplink Everywhere 4
Symantec PC
Anywhere 11.5
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