Best remote desktop software?

[JMorton6]

We use LogMeIn now and their web-based client is kinda crappy. Is there anything faster / smoother / better?

 

[quakefiend420]

i use join.me a lot, but that may not fit your needs

if you're looking for an awesome client, mremote is the shit

 

[MotionMan]

I use logmein without complaints.

Gotomypc is suppose to be good, too.

MotionMan

 

[Capt Caveman]

Teamviewer

 

[Ms. DICKINSON]

Teamviewer

+1

 

[Leros]

I use Logmein because its free. Are these other solutions free?

 

[Nebbers]

TightVNC

 

[TechBoyJK]

Mstsc

 

[compman25]

We use gotomanage instead of gotomypc now.

 

[Capt Caveman]

I use Logmein because its free. Are these other solutions free?

Teamviewer is also free, don't know about the others. Teamviewer also has iPhone and Andriod apps which work great. Don't know if the others do, though.

 

[MotionMan]

Teamviewer is also free, don't know about the others. Teamviewer also has iPhone and Andriod apps which work great. Don't know if the others do, though.

The Logmein iPhone app is NOT free.

MotionMan

 

[wirednuts]

i use 2 or 3 actually.

logmein gets installed on every pc i make or work on regularly. i love how i can open up the webpage control panel and see 15 different rigs and even do windows updates right from there.

then, for my computers at home, i also install RealVNC. just a basic vnc program that works well. i use this because its much faster to login and start using then logmein is (no web based anything, its all direct connect).

finally, if i need to remote connect to a pc that i havent worked on before and im not at the location (can you help me fix my computer from 100 miles away over the phone?). teamviewer is nice because it requires no install or setup. just run it and have the idiot repeat the login number and passcode to me. bam, im in. then the first thing i do is setup and install logmein into that pc just in case i have to restart it.

honestly wish i could find one program that would tie all my needs into one, but i simply havent. i wish logmein would have sudo-clients or whatever you would call them... or just a way that i could directly, quickly connect to my lan computers.

 

[Miramonti]

Are there any significant/crippling limitations to the Teamviewer freeware version when viewing a single client? The business licenses are pretty expensive.

 

[Emulex]

rdp supports remoteFX and thinapps, terminal services gateway (vpn bye). i can't imagine anything comes close to the speed of RDP. Especially when you are using 2+ 30" monitors remotely

 

[wirednuts]

Are there any significant/crippling limitations to the Teamviewer freeware version when viewing a single client? The business licenses are pretty expensive.

not that ive seen. teamviewer uses ultravnc supposedly, so i think thats why they can have a free version. teamviewer is pretty awesome for the reasons i stated.

 

[joejoe666]

we should just make this a sticky, this question is asked every month!