URBAN NETWORKING

You CAN Use Two Computers at Once

by Roger Barnette

Most people don’t have two computers at their house but a few folks are like me and have one or more at the office and one or more at home.   The challenge with so many workstations is that you always have information that you need from a computer at the other location.   Or perhaps you would like someone to connect to your computer remotely to help troubleshoot a problem.   In both cases, there are tools that allow us to use the Internet to solve this problem.

For full-time access to a given system, my preferred product comes from a website called GoToMyPC.com.   This system allows you to sign up and get a trial account for a few days for free. During this time install the software and try it out.

Once installed, a client program awaits the call to relay your keystrokes and mouse motions to the monitored system and the screen displayed back to you.   To connect to your system simply login to their website with the assigned username and password and the website will connect you to your monitored system.

Setup can seem unfamiliar the first time, but if you would like our assistance, please call on us.