WE SPEND MUCH of our time with firewalls and other security apps trying to prevent other people from connecting to our PCs and taking control of them over the internet. However, there are times when you need to help someone out, or administer one of your computers while you’re not physically sitting in front of it. This is where Remote Desktop applications come in.
Administrators of large numbers of commercial PCs will have networks set up specifically with this in mind, using commercial software packages such as TeamViewer, but there are also free options that are ideal for anyone who just wants to remote-control one Windows PC at a time.
Two of the most easily acquired are Microsoft Remote Desktop, or RDP, which comeswhine at you, but can be safely ignored in this instance.
