LogMeIn Free 4.0.68

Works great, very feature rich

by: fidodogbreath on 17-Jan-2008 12:48:54 PM

Pros: The free version provides really nice and very responsive remote screen control, with a lot of nice features. The new version makes it a lot easier to change screen resolution and colors on the fly, and it has some other nice features (such as the laser pointer) for helping a user at the remote system.

LogMeIn is a lot better than dynamic IP services if you need access to PCs that don't have fixed IPs. Also, it's much easier with LMI to access multiple PCs that go through a NAT router. With Windows remote desktop, VNC, etc. you have to manually configure unique port #s on each machine and then forward those ports in the router. With LMI, you just set up the app on each PC; from then on, you just click it from a list on the LMI site.

I actually switched five PCs -- that are over 2500 miles away -- from VNC to LMI...I installed and configured LogMeIn using VNC, then logged back in through LMI and disabled the VNC software. Now I don't have to leave all those ports open through the firewall for VNC.

Cons: Some cool features, esp. the transferring files between the remote and local machines, require the paid service, which is expensive. I bought it for a year for my home machine on a half-off promo deal; but the regular prices are too high and the multi-user discount is too small. Fortunately, you can do a lot with the free version.

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