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Log Me In Review
LogMeIn provides a free version which offers basic remote access features. LogMeinPro is priced as follows...
- Annual Subscription
- 1 PC: $69.95 per year
- 2-10 PCs: $59.95 per PC per year
- 11+ PCs: $49.95 per PC per year
- Monthly Subscription
- 1 PC: $12.95 per month
- 2-10 PCs: $9.95 per PC per month
- 11+ PCs: $7.95 per PC per month
- Intuitive and versatile software for accessing remote computers
- Get instant access to your remote PC from anywhere with an internet connection
- Hear email notifications and listen to music from your remote computer
- Seamlessly drag and drop files between connected PCs
- Print using printers attached to your remote PC or its network
- Invite a colleague or friend to your PC to meet and collaborate
- Synchronize files between both PCs in seconds
- Well designed and easy to use interface
- Map drives on your remote PC as if they were on your local computer
- Strong security features protect your PC from intruders
- Share files instantly with other people
- Support for multiple monitors
- Match the screen resolution between host and target PC
- Annotate the remote PC screen to provide assistance
- LogMeIn Ignition tool to quickly manage connections to all of your remote computers (extra purchase)
- Works around your existing firewall and router settings
- Free trial available of LogMeIn Pro
- Free technical support telephone number
- Free version is fully compatible with the Mac OS
- Other versions can control Windows based PCs only
LogMeIn is a company which produces a number of useful and versatile products for remotely accessing computers and providing remote assistance. We will look mainly at their home remote access application, LogMeIn Pro and the free, cut down version of the same software. Both provide an excellent solution for remotely accessing computers across the internet which will satisfy the needs of home and business users alike.
A remote access tool provides an excellent solution to the problem of managing multiple home and office computers and all the hassle that brings. All too often that vital Powerpoint presentation has been left at home in a late night session when you need it for an early morning meeting. LogMeIn provides a way of accessing a number of different computers, including their files and programs, from anywhere with an internet connection.
To start using LogMeIn Pro or LogMeIn Free you must install the client application on the computers that you wish to be able to access remotely. This is a simple process and the wizard-style installer guides you through all the steps necessary. Once that is done you can log into your account on the LogMeIn web site from any web browser anywhere in the world and view the computers that you can connect to. Connecting is as simple as clicking on the icon for the computer and entering the required passwords for access. Once connected, the variety of options depends on whether you are using the Pro version or the free version, but the main remote control functionality will let you see the target computer's desktop and interact with it as if you were sitting in front of the computer.
If you are using the free version of LogMeIn you can remotely control the target computer (which can be Mac OS or Windows with the free version, but Windows only with the Pro version), but you can't do much else. While this is still obviously very useful, if you upgrade to the Pro version a lot more options become available when you connect to a remote computer. For example, you can drag and drop files between computers with ease, print files from the remote computer on your local printer or invite colleagues to meetings on your computer - the meetings feature is supplemented by the ability to draw 'whiteboard' style onto the screen and hear the sounds coming from the remote computer. Combining this with the ability to map a remote drive to a local PC and synchronize files between computers with a couple of clicks means that upgrading to the Pro version makes a lot of sense for most people.
Setting up and using LogMeIn is very easy due to the way in which it manages to get round bothering about firewall or router settings to make connections. While this might sound like it leaves your computer open to attack, it is actually completely safe due to the multiple layers of security the application provides. Passwords are required, not only to access your account on the LogMeIn homepage, but also for each computer you want to access, and any data that is transferred between computers is encrypted to keep it safe from an intruder monitoring the connection. LogMeIn is so confident of its security that it provides a whitepaper on its website detailing exactly how security is implemented across the service.
Whether you are a home user or a business user LogMeIn can provide a solution that will provide all the functionality that you need. It works flawlessly and is extremely easy to set up and operate even for non-technical users. The free version will suffice for some people, but most will benefit a lot from upgrading to the Pro version - which is very reasonably priced for the quality of the software. We rate LogMeIn very highly and think it deserves its place in the number two spot of our top ten remote PC access tools.
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