{"id":298,"date":"2011-02-23T16:51:18","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T16:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=298"},"modified":"2011-02-23T17:09:51","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T17:09:51","slug":"logmein-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/logmein-2\/","title":{"rendered":"LogMeIn"},"content":{"rendered":"

LogMeIn
\n<\/strong>Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This tip stems from a TV commercial. The commercial was “Go To My PC”. If \tyou live anywhere in the USA you’ve probably seen it. It looks too good to \tbe true: Sitting at a computer in New Delhi and remotely controlling your \tcomputer back in icy Sheboygan. So we tested Go To My PC – amazing. It \tactually works. Unfortunately, it’s also not actually free – after 30 days \tyou have to pay for it.<\/p>\n

If you’re like us you might not want to pay for or subscribe to a service \tyou may only use occasionally. This sent us on yet another mission to find a \tfree alternate to GoToMyPC.<\/p>\n

We found a service that is almost identical to GoToMyPC – and they offer a \tfree version too. It doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of the full \tversion, but it lets you remotely access your home computer from wherever \tyou are. And we mean full access – it’s like you’re sitting right in front \tof your PC.<\/p>\n

You have to smile when you first discover how easy LogMeIn is to use. You go \ttheir Web site and you signup for an account. All you have to provide is a \tworking email address and password. Then download the software and install \tit. Then go to another computer, like your laptop for instance, or a \tneighbor’s computer and go back to LogMeIn and type in your email address \tand password. You’ll see your computer at home and button to press that \tallows you to connect to it. If your account on your computer is password \tprotected (and it should be) you’ll need to type in your Windows User \tAccount Name and your Windows password. In a few seconds, your desktop \tappears on the computer you’re using and you can use your other computer as if you were \tsitting right in front of it. Really.<\/p>\n

Oh, you’re worried about security right? Well each LogMeIn session is \tencrypted with a 128-bit key. It would take a hacker with a brute-force \thacking tool about a trillion years to break that security key. Still \tworried?<\/p>\n

You can access all your programs, files, folders – heck, you can even send \temail from your home computer in Sheboygan to your boss in Sheboygan telling \thim you’re still under the weather, lying in bed at home suffering from the \tflu, while you’re in Tahiti basking in the sun watching pretty young ladies \tprancing around in coconuts and swaying grass skirts. No! We’re just \tkidding. You shouldn’t do that. You might lose your job! But you could pull \tit off and your boss would never know – especially if you have no landline – \tjust a cellphone \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

If you travel much or if you are away from your computer often and you have \taccess to another computer at another location you, really need to try \tLogMeIn. The free version will work just fine for you if all you want to do \tis access your main (or desktop) computer from anywhere else. The paid \tversion offers more features – for instance you can even reboot your home \tcomputer from anywhere using any computer. Amazing stuff!<\/p>\n

Another good reason to use LogMeIn? How about this. You have an aging \tWindows XP desktop but it still runs fine. Laptops are getting more and more \tpowerful, most laptops rival desktops these days. In fact, I’ve been writing \tthis newsletter on my Windows 7 laptop for over a year now, and rarely use \tby desktop anymore except to test new programs. And if you have a lot of \tprograms installed on your desktop and they’re working fine, why junk up \tyour laptop with the same programs? Just use LogMeIn to access your desktop, \trun the programs you like by controlling your desktop from you laptop. It’s \tjust like sitting in front of your desktop – whether you’re sitting in your \town home, across town, 1000 miles away, or 10,000 miles away. As long as you \thave a broadband connection -at home and on your laptop, everything is \tpretty darn fast.<\/p>\n

Getting back to security again for a second. Transmissions between your \tlaptop and desktop are encrypted, and all communication is done via secure \tservers. The only weak point would be you – actually not you, but your \tpassword. Make sure you use a strong password – you should be using strong \tpasswords anyway – always. Don’t use things like dotty814 or marcy221 or \t12345678 – you’re only asking for trouble. Never, ever, never, ever use the \tsame password for more than one account. Some people use the same password \tfor everything – if you’re one of those you really need to stop reading this \tright now – and start changing passwords – all of them.<\/p>\n

We recommend RoboForm or LastPass (free) — to save passwords, to fill in \tforms and to generate passwords. The password generator will create and save \tpasswords for you in an encrypted password protected file. With more and \tmore applications and services moving to the cloud – the time to start using \tstrong passwords is here. If you don’t, you’re going to have big problems – \tthe question isn’t “IF” it’s “When”. Heed our advice or pay the price.<\/p>\n

OK back to LogMeIn – go to http:\/\/logmein.com\/<\/a> and signup for a free account. They’ll let you use the paid version free for \t30 days – after that you’ll have to pay to keep using the paid version – or \tit will turn into the free version with some of the features disabled.<\/p>\n

LogMeIn is a great way to keep connected with yourself. Huh?<\/p>\n

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