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Free remote desktop app good for working with someone computer illiterate?
I am looking for something that I can install on my parents' and grandparents' laptops to help me remotely manage them. The requirements are:
- On their end it has to be something that silently sits in the background and requires no interaction at all.
- They might be behind a NAT.
- They will probably have dynamic IP addresses, so it has to be something that doesn't require me to know their IP address. Ideally something that can show me a list of machines I can connect to would be great.
- Mouse, Screen, Keyboard Control
- Password protected remote access
Either free or paid is OK as long as it's reasonably priced (preferably one off cost rather than subscription based)
Updates:
All machines are running Windows (XP, Vista or 7)
I am looking for something that wouldn't require a lot of configuration and setting up servers etc.
Do you have a server or such, always online and (preferable) with a static ip address? What operating system(s) run on your parents' and grandparents' computers? – andol – 2011-07-31T13:10:36.920
No, I don't and also I don't want to get into the whole setting up a server business. – Ivan Zlatev – 2011-07-31T13:13:28.863
I was about to suggest UltraVNC Single Click - http://www.uvnc.com/addons/singleclick.html - when the question got closed while I was writing up my answer! Geez. Good luck.
– Evan – 2011-08-01T00:23:17.827