Remotely Accessing Computers

What is remote access?

Remote access is the manner of accessing a computer or any device (that supports remote access) away from it, such as that you are not in front of the device but you can actually control it.

Remote access is commonly used for offering quick support to end users or clients. It is used also in maintaining servers or computers, that are actually away from the workplace (ie. international corporations). Or simply if you want to offer some help to your friends when they are having trouble with their computers, you can use remote access to.

Remote access a device demands for an administration rights on the accessed device, it is for security purpose, and the data transfer should be encrypted for maximum protection.

When using remote access you can actually control the mouse and keyboard of the computer accessed and you are able to see the screen of the remote computer, so that you can actually have the control over the computer in order for you to do what you need to do, if you are fixing some problems with the computer, offering online support, or doing some maintenance.

Teamviewer as a Remote control for Macs, Windows, and Linux

Teamviewer is a simple, quick, and easy to use software. Teamviewer has been one of the best solution for offering quick support, helding meetings online, and doing remote computer server maintenance. With over 100,000,000 users, widely spread over more than 200 countries.

Teamviewer is easy to use, you won't be needing to set any thing, like administration rights, it is already configured for you, just have it downloaded by you and your partner and both of you are ready to have your remote session. You can opt to install the sofware or just run it without installing the software, that makes remote access easy. 

Teamviewer is available for Macintosh, Linux, and Windows. What's nice with teamviewer is that it is also available for iPhone, iPad, and Android, yes, you can actually do remote access with these phones and tablets. A Windows computer can do remote access to a Macintosh computer and vice versa. Teamviewer is also ready for Windows 8.

Some of the basic functions of Teamviewer are;

A) Remote Access - For remote control of computers such as for offering online support ands maintenance.

B) File Transfer - For file access through and from the computers.

C) Online Meetings - For holding online meetings when your participants are away.
(TeamViewer Brochure)

And some more.

Teamviewer is packed in a small sized megabyte, with 4.58 mb only and it is packed already all in one. It includes Remote Acces, File Transfer, and VPN (Voice over Private Network).

You can also register on their website so that when you are away from your computer you can just use your iphone or ipad to access or retrieve some files on your computer. How about editing some of your documents while you are away from your computer through your iphone or ipad while you are having a lunch break at a restaurant, with Teamviewer it is a possibilty, Teamviewer gives you that power of remote access where ever part of the world you are.

Teamviewer provides you with a secure data channels for remote maintenance, Teamviewer uses the 1024-bit RSA Key Exchange and the 256 AES Session encoding.
(Complete List of Security Certifications)

Teamviewer is trusted by many companies all over the globe, from industrial to banking firms.
(Complete List of Companies)

There are a lot of nice things Teamviewer can offer.

What's nice about Teamviewer is that, it is free for non-commercial use, if you opt to use it for commercial purpose you can have it for a one time payment only.
(TeamvViewer Screenshots)

[DROPBOX TIP] How to send Large files on the web

Greeting of Peace to you humm'er.

Sending large file on the web can be free, there's a way you do not need to pay anything to host your large files and be able to send it to your recipient/s. If ever you want to send a large file to someone, use Dropbox service, it is free for regular members but if you want to expand the storage space you can opt to pay for it. With Dropbox what you need to do is just to paste the file/s on your Dropbox's Public folder then send the public link that is assigned by Dropbox to your file/s after the uploading process.

Here's how to do it step by step,
1. Register in Dropbox here.(If you want to expand your dropbox storage capacity just leave your referal link on the comment box and I will include it in this post, I had reached the maximum capacity already.)
2. Download then Install the software.
3. Copy the file you want to send.
4. Go to your Dropbox's Public folder on your local hard drive.
5. Paste your file in the Public folder, and wait for the upload to be done, you will know that the uploading process is done when the blue circling logo on the file you selected turn to a green checked one.
6. When the uploading process is done, right click your file, select "Dropbox" from the pop up menu, then select "Copy public link".
7. Now send the public link to your recipient via whatever means you have, whether it is through email, private message on Facebook/Twitter, etc..

Be aware, that the files availability depends upon "you", if you deleted that file in your Dropbox account, that file won't be available anymore for download. Be sure that if you are going to remove it, your recipient/s have it downloaded already, or else they will see a 404 error saying that the page could not be found.

Just to be sure, Audio files and Video files are not bound in this tutorial, the recipient won't be able to download it in this manner,  instead you need to zip/rar/compress the Audio/Video files first before pasting it in the Public folder of your Dropbox folder in your local hard disk.

You might want to read this one, just for some picture references "How to share Audio Lectures/Music in Facebook".