You could also look into Splashtop which lets you access your desktop remotely.
Ron Bernier Woonsocket, RI Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 3, 2014, at 6:52 PM, Gene Young <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 1/3/2014 6:06 PM, Robert57P_gmail wrote: >> Interesting thought. Is TeamViewer like a VNC or a screen share app? (I >> think another might be "go-to-my-pc" or something like that??) >> >> Will it work through firewalls (hardware router and software)? So, for >> instance, if I'm at a library with my tablet and have my desktop up and >> running at home, can I get to it? >> >> Of course a disadvantage of using your suggestion - it does mean leaving my >> desktop up and running all the time. I like to power it down when I'm not >> using it for 2 reasons: >> 1) security - if it is down, it is IMPOSSIBLE to hack/attack >> 2) lightening - Florida has some really nasty lightening storms. I don't >> even trust my surge protectorS when we get a heavy storm. >> >> And, if I am out of state and something hoses up on my desktop, I'd have no >> way of rebooting it so I could get to Legacy. Where if I had it on the >> tablet, no worries about what happens to the home PC. >> >> But still worth thinking about. >> >> Thanks, >> Bob Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
