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From: "Asudani, Rajesh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 11:21 AM
Subject: [AI] New additions to remote desktop access
New additions to remote desktop access
A remote computer access solution, fast gaining attention among the
netizens, is the tool CrossLoop.
This edition of NetSpeak profiles the latest tools available for
accessing/operating desktops of remote computers.
Computer trouble-shooting is always easier if we have access to the
machine's desktop. If you are away from the machine that needs your
attention, you need
some means to handle it remotely.
Of course, a remote access/control of a desktop opens up several other
possibilities as well - not just trouble-shooting an ill-behaved machine.
For instance,
you can collaboratively browse with your physically distanced friend. You
can show his/her a few tips to efficiently unearth valuable information
from
the Net. Or you can use it to teach a couple of Maths lessons. So the
potential is enormous.
In the past, this column has discussed a variety of tools that enable one
to access/control a remote machine (like UltraVNC). Here, we introduce a
couple
of tools recently released in this realm.
A remote computer access solution, fast gaining attention among the
netizens, is the tool CrossLoop (
http://www.crossloop.com/).
The advantage of this free tool is its operational simplicity. The only
requirement to access a remote machine with this tool is that both the
machines
should have the CrossLoop client software installed/running on them.
When one starts the CrossLoop software, it presents two options: one for
accessing the remote machine (Access) and the other (Share) to allow a
remote user
access the local machine.
If you wish a remote buddy to access your desktop, click on the 'Share'
button. Now, you will get an access code; send it to your friend and click
on the
'Connect' button. Your friend in turn has to select the 'Access' option
(from his CrossLoop client) and enter this code.
Once this is done, you will get a small window, prompting you to permit
the remote friend to access your desktop. Once the permission is granted,
a window
that reflects your desktop will pop-up on the remote machine. From this
point onwards both you and your remote friend will have equal access to
your machine.
And if you wish your remote client only to view your desktop (not willing
to give access to your mouse/keyboard), the 'View only' option of
CroosLoop would
come in handy.
Apart from the facility to access a remote desktop, CrossLoop lets both
you and your remote client to exchange files too.
It allows the participants to switch roles as well - that is, in this case
by switching the role you can access the remote user's desktop (provided
he agrees).
Instant House call's free remote support (
http://www.freeremotesupport.com/
), a service recently stumbled on by this author is another product worth
a test in this space.
If you wish to provide support to a client from a remote location, first
download/install the client software and register an account (specialist
ID) with
the service. Now, run this program, pass on your ID to your client and
request him/her to access the 'Get remote support' option available at
'Instant
House call' site with this ID. Once your client invites you in this
manner, you will get a ring on your machine along with a pop-up window to
accept the
invitation. On acceptance, your client's desktop will become visible on
your screen. Now you can do whatever you wish on the client's machine.
Recovering passwords
Nirsoft (
http://www.nirsoft.net/
) is a place, where you can find several nifty tools. Passwordfox is one
such tool available for free download. Browsers like Firefox stores the
user authentication
details to help users from repeating the data entry process each time they
access a web site. One trouble with this solution is that we may forget
the
authentication details (as we rarely enter them). Now, you can easily
recover such passwords lost from your memory with the free software
Passwordfox (
http://www.nirsoft.net
/utils/passwordfox. html).
280slides.com
It is common knowledge that several web based presentation applications
are in place. If you wish to create a PowerPoint type presentation on-line
with
a few mouse clicks, take a look at the new free presentation application:
http://280slides.com/. No need to create an account with the service to
generate
a presentation. Once a presentation is created you can download it to your
desktop as a PowerPoint file (2007 or 97), or as an Opendocument or as a
PDF
file. Of course, if you wish to save this presentation on the service's
server, you need to register with the service.
J. MURALI
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