TeamViewer also automatically optimizes the quality of the screen sharing based on the connection quality on both ends. This way, no firewall rules need to be updated to allow the connections to be opened. One nice thing about TeamViewer is it acts as a proxy to connect both sides of the connection. Remote AccessĪbove is a screenshot of TeamViewer being used to control another PC with TeamViewer installed. The light turns yellow when someone is attempting to connect and is inputting the password.įrom the main screen you can also access some of TeamViewer’s other features, such as the Meeting tab, the available extras, and you can even setup unattended access to control your computer while you’re away from home at any given time. The lower left has a small traffic-light style indicator letting you know whether you are using a secure connection. I’ll detail this in later groovyPosts for you. You can see this from the lower right side of the main screen called Computers & Contacts.

You can also create a TeamViewer username and password which allows you to control your PC’s (work or home pc) remotely with a click of a button. From the main screen, you can do the two most basic features: either send your ID and Password to another person to let them gain remote access to your computer, or input another person’s ID and password so you can begin controlling their computer. TeamViewer has a very clean interface without any unneeded features on display. The Forward Delete key is below the Help key. On a full-sized Mac keyboard, press Fwd Del+Ctrl+Option. If you are using an external PC keyboard, press Ctrl+Alt+Del.

Before connecting to computer you have an option to launch Logmein as a service (Restart customer applet as windows system service). I know there is a 'Launch Task Manager' option, but that doesn’t help in the following situation. How about a 'send Ctrl Alt Delete' option. The app is 100% free for personal, non-commercial purposes and compared to its competitors, I found it packed full of groovy features making it my new defacto standard for “family tech support” needs… With that said, let’s take a closer look at all the features as well as a few screenshots detailing what I like about it. TeamViewer is a powerful and incredibly useful application which allows you to remotely access and control any computer connected to the internet, Mac or Windows.

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