Re: substitute for GoToMyPC ?

[Monique Semp <monique -dot- semp -at- earthlink -dot- net>]

   Yep, I know that there are all sorts of free tools. But given that I
   want to minimize my time dealing with this, $60/year for Splashtop
   seems a bargain. I'd quickly burn through that much "billable hour"
   time on getting admin-tools to work. And since I do indeed bill my
   clients by the hour, that's the math I do to decide if it's better to
   buy something that is known to work easily vs. getting into Windows
   admin (a la Remote Desktop, which I've used in the distant past before
   vendors basically wrapped that functionality in their products)!
   My most recent "free" experience was trying to get VirtualBox to work
   on my MacBook to create a Windows 10 VM. After hours and hours of
   frustration, spread over many days, I purchased Parallels for only $99,
   and everything worked immediately :-).
   Not trying to rain on your parade -- it's always good to know how to do
   things from scratch because plenty of times one really needs a custom
   solution.
   So thanks for the input,
   -Monique

   On 4/10/18 7:32 PM, Mike Starr wrote:

     Many years ago I did documentation for a VERY large corporation's
     Global Windows Server Team that managed hundreds of Windows
     computers. The team members used standard administrator-level tools
     built into Windows to log in via their laptops to servers all over
     the world. If you know any IT workers, you might be able to get some
     insight into the types of tools they use. I think those tools were
     all from Microsoft and free of charge.
     Best Regards,
     Mike
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