Tony Northrup is a developer, security consultant and author with more than 10 years of professional experience developing applications for Microsoft Windows. Remote Desktop lets users control their ...

Why would you consider paying for a capability that Remote Desktop gives you for free? There are a number of possible reasons. For starters, Microsoft considers Remote Desktop a business feature, and ...

When much of enterprise IT access has become remote access, it makes sense to give more than a passing thought to secure remote access. While plenty of vendors claim to provide this worthwhile service ...

Next month, customers will be able to buy FiberLink Internet remote-access services that are protected by Secure Sockets Layer technology, expanding the provider’s secure remote-access options beyond ...

If you're out of the house a lot but still want access to files on your home computer, one of the best ways to solve that problem involves setting up your computer as a remotely accessible home media ...

Some of you may have seen me tweeting recently about a little experiment that I have going on where I'm using a small PC (perhaps we can call it a netbook, but that's a semantics issue) — the Nokia ...

Just because you leave the office doesn't mean you have to leave the office behind. Remote-access services enable you to access and control your PC from any other PC, perfect for those times when ...

DirectAccess was introduced in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 operating systems as a feature to allow Windows users to connect remotely. However, following the launch of Windows 11/10, the ...

I'm having new security camera systems installed at a couple of rental homes I own in Florida (I'm in NY). In addition to the camera system, the installer has recommended a SnapAV OVRC Pro RNI (remote ...

If you are seeing the Windows Remote Access Service (RAS) has encountered an error message, you can fix it in the following ways. Remove any recently installed ...

How to set up MySQL for remote access on Ubuntu Server 16.04 Your email has been sent If you need to allow remote connections to your MySQL server, see how you can easily accomplish that task. If you ...

Illustration: Elizabeth Hinshaw Dr. Thomas W. Shinder, a Microsoft-certified system engineer, is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and author of books on Microsoft Internet Security and ...