Tools I Use: 4 Screen Sharing Tools In 1
The ability to connect to another computer and see the screen on that computer and work on that computer is super useful.
It makes your home (or work, or media) computer always accessable. It’s convenient. It makes getting a new adwords account possible. It makes it easy to give an employee (maybe one in the Philippines) access to your softwares so they can do your work for you.
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Here are 4 tools I use in my business to connect to other computers and share screens.
The 4 tools are:
- Remote Desktop – Comes with Windows
- LogMeIn.com (a free alternative to GoToMyPC.com)
- Adobe Connect Now – shares screen, mic, web cam without installing software.
- CrossLoop – Great for doing tech support (or getting tech support)
Please post other tools you use and/or questions in the comments.
I didn’t talk about VNC just because it’s a bit more complicated. It’s still a great tool.
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Comments on Tools I Use: 4 Screen Sharing Tools In 1 »
Hi John,
I just watched your video and would like to let you know about Mikogo (http://www.mikogo.com). Do you also use screen sharing tools for online meetings as well as remote support?
If so, Mikogo has some cool features that I think you’ll be interested in. Say for example you wish to hold a Web meeting with some of your guys in the Philippines. With Mikogo, you can start a meeting (it’s completely free by the way) and then invite 10 people to view your screen over the Web. Great for presentations and group collaboration. To make it easy for the participants joining the meeting, there are no software installations on their side.
Other features include switch presenter, application selection, pause transmission, lock meeting, file transfer, Skype Extra and 256bit AES encryption. Application selection is a great feature because it allows you to choose which applications you wish to share and which ones you would prefer to keep hidden from the view of your meeting participants.
I hope you have a moment to check it out. It would be interesting to hear what you think of our tool. In the case of questions, or if you would just like to discuss Mikogo, please feel free to contact me.
Regards,
Andrew
The Mikogo Team
andrew(at)mikogo.com
I find Techinline (www.techinline.com) to be the perfect solution for screen sharing and remote support, since you can use it both ways. In my case, I am able to demo things to my clients on my screen as well as help them with their setting remotely. Although it’s not as fully featured as LogMeIn Rescue, it’s also a fraction of the price so it gets my vote
I also user Adobe Connect for screen sharing. However it’s important to note that it *does* require an installation if a small browser plug-in to allow screen sharing. Not really a big deal, but if someone locks down their users’ systems (hard) it will prevent the plug-in from installing.
I like teamviewer 3 – it’s excellent for remote support – : http://www.teamviewer.com/index.aspx