I'm a big fan of \"Log Me In\":
www.logmein.com but it will not install on Windows 7 for some reason.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks
Actually why bother -- Remote desktop works a treat (or use tight VNC - I prefer Remote Desktop).
Now if you have a Dynamic IP address on your remote computer (Most ISP's do these days) then use something like No-ip which is FREE (
No-IP - Dynamic DNS, Static DNS for Your Dynamic IP) . You get a domain say joeblogs.anywhere.net and then you just logon to RDP with the computer name joeblogs.anywhere.net.
There's a small program that runs on your remote computer every 30 mins or so which checks your routers IP address (that's the address the EXTERNAL Internet users see) and if it changes updates the DNS servers so you can always access your remote computer via the domain name.
On your Remote computer set it up to allow remote access and on your router enable port forwarding -- for example if on your LOCAL lan the computer you want to log on to has a LOCAL IP address 192.168.0.2 - that's the address you'd see if you were actually logged on to that computer then enable port 3389 to be forwarded to 192.168.0.2 (you should find Port forwarding in your Routers menu -- could be called "Virtual Server or NAT" -- you'll find it in the menu easily enough.
If you have a firewall as well allow RDP and port 3389.
If your work blocks port 3389 use "Tunnelling" with Putty -- to do this is beyond the scope of this post but it DOES work --just google for info.
Why PAY for stuff when there is a FREE facility which actually works better anyway. You can copy files between remote and local computer -- on the remote computer your disks are mapped, transfer SOUND - for example play music on your laptop from music files stored on your remote computer, etc etc.
For example I listen to LIVE UK Football (Soccer) when I'm away from the UK by listening to BBC R5 from my remote computer. If I try and do this from a Non UK based computer I get "Content only valid for UK" or similar message.
The Free version of LOGMEIN is very limited and doesn't include any of these facilities.
Cheers
Jimbo