Re: Remote access to my Windows XP home edtition computer


"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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ljh wrote:
Use Logmein at www.logmein.com. It's just like GoToMyPC, but it
offers a FREE version.

No cost, no firewall settings (like with Remote Desktop and VNC
versions), and it works great!

That's not *really* accurate..
The difference is not that there is no firewall settings - it just does it
for you during the install or it may ask you during the first use.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP

Shenan,

You are not telling the original poster the truth here. Logmein uses http
on port 80 and https on port 443 when no other ports are available. Doing
so allows it thru firewalls with NO changes whatsoever. Logmein does not
alter your firewall AT ALL.

"it may ask you...." indicates that you have not even tried Logmein.
Perhaps you should stick to things that you have tried and think you know.

The last thing we need here is another Microsoft zealot. People post here
because they need easy, applicable solutions and they don't give a tinker's
damn whether those solutions are from Microsoft or Joe's Freeware emporium.

Logmein is a free, easy and simple enough for anyone to use for remote PC
administration. It does NOT alter firewall settings. It can be used from
behind any firewall that allows you to surf the web (unless your admin
explicitly blocks the software from its servers - something I have yet to
see). The only things not in the free version of Logmein are the ability to
transfer files and the ability to print remotely.

In the future, please restrict your posts to things that you have at least
tried.

Thanks so much!



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