Yeah, thanks.  I've used that one too.  I forgot it has a host service for
unattended!  My parents/friends were always there to initiate...
I will try it's host service.


On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 2:59 PM, Erik Anderson <erikerik at gmail.com> wrote:

> If it's strictly non-commercial (as in: helping your parents), TeamViewer
> is a decent option.
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Jeff Jensen <jjensen at apache.org> wrote:
>
>> Since the free version disappears soon (next week?), does anyone have
>> good free replacement suggestions?
>>
>> My use case is remote controlling (usually Windows) machines from my
>> laptop at any location.  I did not use it very often though.
>>
>> LMI was a nice product solution for me as it had a service that connected
>> to their cloud without any firewall changes, so it was available wherever I
>> was ready to connect to it.
>>
>> Another way to ask this question is "how do you remotely support your
>> parents' Windows computer?", lol.
>> I also occasionally used it to remote into my home Windows or Linux
>> machines.
>>
>>  VNC and other options require networking changes/setup, which possibly
>> I could do for my remote access to home, but not really for my parents or
>> other friends/relatives I may help.
>>
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