PCbanter - View Single Post - Do all remote-desktop utilities use/need a remote server?

**Philip Herlihy**

In article , says...

If you want to be able to connect to remote machines without user intervention
at the far end (so you can't simply use Quick Assist, which is built-in) then

(to 7, or only recent 10?)

Only Windows 10. It's been built-in for a couple of years, I think. I hadn't
spotted this was cross-posted to W7 groups.

Thanks. All noted - I might experiment next time I'm at my friends' (324
miles from me, but I'm hoping to be able to visit them soon [without
defining a very long thin "bubble"!]). Though as there are about half a
dozen free such utilities, I'll _probably_ not - though I imagine there
could arise a situation (malware, legislation, etc.) where they all stop
working at once (or at least within a short time of each other).

UltraVNC has been around for years, and is likely to be for many more.

Worth adding that a "dynamic DNS" facility will be helpful, unless you can get
your contact to tell you his/her IP address (seemingly unlikely in your case).
No-IP is still free, and works well, though the free version has to be
"refreshed" (easy enough) once a month. With dynamic DNS a small utility runs
on the host which updates a DNS record, so you can connect using a fixed DNS
name.
https://www.noip.com/what-is-dns

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Phil, London