Nowadays there are many desktop software to choose from and the good news is
many of them are free. let us begin with Windows Remote Desktop. if you are
using Microsoft Windows then that one already comes with your PC. It is stable,
easy to use, and you don't have to download any other software. But the
problem is it's only available on Windows. For example if you have Mac
or Linux, it won't work for you. Something else to remember is that
the host computer or the computer you are trying to remotely connect to must run
Windows Professional or higher so if you are running Windows 10 home as an example,
it won't work for you. Another app you can use to remotely connect to another
computer is Google Chrome. One reason why Google Chrome is ideal is because
it's so popular. For example, in 2019, Google Chrome was the most popular Web
browser. And most likely, you have to go Chrome on your PC right now and now you
can use Google Chrome to remotely connect to another PC, and interestingly
you can also with your mobile device such as your smartphone or tablet to remotely connect.
Another app you can use is TeamViewer. It is definitely one of the
most popular, standalone remote desktop apps out there and it offers
great premium features for free. Only free for personal use. For
example, if you are getting paid to remotely connect to someone's computer
to fix something, that is consdered to be commercial use. But, for a fact, as a
free software, TeamViewer offers amazing features. The
next one on our list is Cloudberry Remote Assistant. While this one is not
nearly as popular as TeamViewer and not nearly as polished, but as a free
software, it offers great features as well. As a free software it includes
ideal features such as encrypted connection,
file transfer, unattended access, and even text and voice chat and what is more it
has a nice, simple user interface. So, it's easy to use alright. Now let's us see
Cloudbery in action. I am going to use it to remotely connect to my laptop.
the links to download Cloudberry and the other remote desktop software are in the
video description. once you have downloaded install Cloudberry on your
computer and the host computer, go ahead and open it. As I already mentioned, the
user interface is really simple. When you open the app, you will see these two
buttons on the top left. The top one with the down arrow pointing
towards the computer means this is the host computer, in other words you are
going to use another PC to connect to the one you are using now. And the one
with the up arrow pointing away from the computer means you are going to connect
to a host computer. So, the other PC that you are not using right now. On
computer you are going to connect to make sure you are on this screen so that
you can see the computer ID and pin number. And on the computer you are going
to use to connect to the other computer make sure you are on this screen, so that
you can enter the computer ID and pin number. Additionally as you can see
you can allow unattended access. Now there is one setting that's very, very
very important if you want to be able to control not just view
the computer you want to remotely connect to. Click the menu button on the
top left and then choose options. From the left side, go to where it says
incoming connection. and then where it says default access level for incoming
connection, make sure you select full control not view only, which is how it's
set by default. Once you do this, you'll have full control over the computer you
are remotely connected to. And that's it! You are all set now you are ready to
remotely connect. Now all you have to do is go right here and now enter the
computer ID and then the pin number for the host computer. And that's it! Now you
are remotely connected and you have full control over the host computer! As you
can seem, cloudberry remote assistance is a great, great
remote desktop software and the truth is besides Windows Remote Desktop Google
Chrome, TeamViewer and Cloudberry there are other effective free remote
desktop software out there. So, if you know of any, please write them in the
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