Advantages of Remote Access to Your PC
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Advantages of Remote Access to Your PC
If you have not setup your home PC with remote computer access, then you're missing out. Remote computing allows you to access your data—and even your programs--from anywhere in the world, so you will never again be without that last critical piece of information or backed up file also on the USB key that you just lost.
There are many great products out there enabling your remote computer to be accessed through the web, including pcAnywhere and GoToMyPC from WebEx.
As an added bonus, by having remote access software on your home computer you'll be able to let your talented young grad student nephew to provide remote supportyou're your computer by accessing your PC from his dorm room and fixing the ailing system without having to nag him on a frustratingly long phone call.
The benefits are numerous, the software is relatively inexpensive, and having remote access to your PC could save you and incredible amount of time, money, and stress one day, so it's a smart investment.
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