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    Best free screen sharing app?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by HTWingNut, May 11, 2011.

  1. HTWingNut

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    What is the best free screen sharing app? I want to help a friend of mine on his computer. I was considering just using remote assistance with teamspeak but would like to use something a little more interactive.

    Will Windows Live Messenger let you share one's desktop?
     
    HTWingNut, May 11, 2011
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    Uhh. SKYPE! Do you want to just watch your friends desktop? Or do you also want to control it?
     
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    teamviewer FTW
     
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    Or Dimdim! :>

    http://www.dimdim.com/products/what_is_dimdim.html
     
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    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    i've teamviewer on my home server, too :) (as you're one of those.. this'll get ya :))
     
    davepermen, May 11, 2011
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    What are the OS on the 2 computers, With Live Messenger you can use Remote Assistance which is built in XP SP2 and later, it is free and secure...
     
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    Logmein can work if you don't disable the keyboard/mouse and leave the screen on. They also recently launched join.me, which looks like it might be what you're looking for, but I don't know much about it tbh.
     
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    Thanks for all the suggestions. Well, we basically want to collaborate by looking at some websites and a couple apps on his machine and I would like to take control of his machine from time to time. I have Win 7 Ultimate, he has Win XP Home SP3.
     
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    teamviewer or skype... both are the easiest ways and teamviewer is portable
     
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    Teamviewer, definitely. And when I last downloaded it, it was also free, so long as it was for "personal use" only--eg.: you aren't using it to update folks' computers for pay or whatnot. I have a friend in Washington State who is seriously computer-care challenged; I use Teamviewer to go into her system and tidy things up about once every five or six months and it works wonderfully.
     
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    Teamviewer & LogMeIn
     
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    Thanks guys, Teamviewer seems perfect. I'm going to give it a go tonight. Just tried it locally and seems pretty good.

    I've used hamachi before, but isn't that more for vpn? I've used it for playing like a LAN game (C&C Generals especially).
     
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    logmein (hamachi) has a screen sharing / remote desktop function as well
     
    ViciousXUSMC, May 11, 2011
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