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Remote access — the ability to control a computer from a different location over the network — might not be something you need to use every day. However, it does come in handy in certain situations.

If you are using Windows Home, Remote Desktop is not available. If you are trying to connect to that computer from your PC, then it won’t work. While it is officially not supported, you can use the ...

Have you ever left documents, images, or video on a laptop, tablet, or phone that isn't close at hand and needed to obtain that content fast? Well, there's a new-gen app for that. IDrive, on Sept. 9, ...

Are you still walking across the room to use a printer or scanner, like we’re living in some pre-millennial time warp? We’re in the future, so let’s start acting like it! USB Network Gate allows you ...

There are times when you will need to connect to another computer. Let's say your friend who lives in Fargo, N.D., is experiencing a problem, and you foolishly think you can help him solve it. You ...

Windows automatically creates a profile for each WiFi you connect to access the internet in order to make it easy to connect to them some other time on your computer. However, what happens if you ...

From my computer running windows XP, I want to connect to another computer on the network running windows 2ooo. I maintain a backup copy of an important document directory of the WinXP box on the ...