We are now in an age where we can realistically expect to have access to every: photo we’ve ever taken, song we’ve ever purchased, document we’ve written, and anything else stored on our computer. Many of us have a computer at home (usually an older computer) that we refer to as our server. On or attached to this server is all the media we have to our name. In this guide, we explore top five remote access applications available to help you get to this, and other, information. These applications can be used to:
- Have a multi-PC meeting.
- Have access to your own PCs wherever you are.
- Help a friend with their PC.
- Have desktop access to your PCs on your home network.
What is Remote Access?
To have remote access is to have entry to a PC, resources, data etc. even though you are not physically present. There are many different types of remote access: that you are reading this website now means you have accessed the files on my web server remotely from your home PC. If you’re reading this in a library or at work, you are not doubt remotely accessing resources on the network in which your computer currently resides.
For the purposes of this guide, we refer to remote desktop access or, in other words, access to your Windows desktop outside the home/network.
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