Remote Desktop Applications as Fast As Possible
Techquickie
·Techquickie
·2015-05-07
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986 words · ~4 min read
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if you're like me your home desktop PC is your domain it's powerful it's got
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all your files your shortcuts are laid out perfectly and you always feel
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comfortable but then you have to take a trip out of town space is at a premium
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and you're forced to make a call do you bring your desktop or your 2-year-old
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well as cute as your desktop may be if you have a toddler the odds are
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excellent that the person who carried it around for 9 months to make it will have
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some say in the matter so out comes the laptop you haven't touched in the last 6
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months if you want to be connected in any way to the world however unoptimized
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that experience might be but is there a way that you could take that desktop
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experience with you well yes actually great question viewer by the way there
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is and it's pretty darn awesome in this magical world of technology we have a
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plethora of applications that allow you to control a computer remotely via
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another computer or even a mobile device whether you're on site or off but what
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is the best application to use well if you're using Windows there's actually a
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built-in option for remote desktop called remote desktop connection though
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it's only available with professional grade editions or higher and the
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security isn't the greatest thing ever the main benefits of the integrated
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solution are that it allows for a high level of control you can manage all your
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applications and transfer files between PCS with ease and doesn't require any
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additional software to set up some downsides however are that you can only
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connect from a Windows machine to a Windows machine using this software none
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of that freaky decky Mac Windows crossplatform nonsense going on and
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while if you're connected within your local network it's pretty easy it's just
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a matter of enabling it on the host computer configuring your settings so only computers that you control can
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access it remotely and then typing in the name of the computer when you want a remote control and hit enter it becomes
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a little more difficult when remoting in from the outside of your network as
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you'll have to manually open up some ports on your router full details on how
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to do that can be found at the life hacker Link in the video description but
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of course there are also plenty of third-party solutions that fit the bill
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as well if you're looking for an extremely simple option then a program
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like team viewer has you covered it takes minutes to set up an account and
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you can even use it without an account if you prefer you just need the
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connection ID and password from the computer that you're trying to access
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you can use team viewer at no charge for personal use the definition of which you
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can find on their website and you can get full access to all your programs
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share files kind of slowly but it works between your PCS and switch between
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monitors if you have a multi-monitor setup all within a very simple interface
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and they even have a mobile app so you can access your home PC no matter where
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you are team viewer hosting works on Windows Mac and Linux and you can get
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clients in those and Android iOS and
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even Windows phone so much crossplatform love man there are other crossplatform
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options too like log me in although log me in now charges a subscription fee
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even for personal use which pretty much takes it out of the running for very
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casual users and then there are a ton of awesome solutions for Linux like putty
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but they all accomplish pretty much the same goal accessing your home computer
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or your work computer from any other computer allowing you to feel
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comfortable when surfing the web creating presentation or doing whatever it is you want to do on a computer with
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only very short delays because yes
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there's always a gotcha isn't there the quality of your streaming experience
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over the internet will be heavily dependent on your upload speed at your
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space station and download speed wherever your travels take you with a
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great connection I've been able to edit videos on a remote workstation even play
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them back but with a poor one you can see delays as long as a second or more
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making it quite difficult to enjoy
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