Remote control software allows access to a computer from a distance with access codes required. It can be used for personal or business purposes and comes in self-contained or web-based forms.
With remote control software, you can access your computer even if you are not near it. Despite its name, however, it doesn’t actually involve a handheld control like the one you use for your television. In fact, the only buttons you have to press are on a keyboard.
Remote control software allows long distance access to computers that have been set up to allow such access. Access codes, such as usernames and passwords, are obviously required on the receiving end. You can’t just open remote control software and search someone else’s computer, but this type of software is useful if you travel often and can’t or don’t want to take your entire hard drive with you.
Most software of this type allows you full access to your computer. Features like drag and drop, password tampering, and security update are all possible and encouraged. It’s like being there, even when you’re not there.
Remote control software comes in another form, that of desktop management. Information technology (IT) managers or session controllers naturally want to have access to computers in a company’s system, for security and updating reasons, among others. The accounting department of a large company with many stores will also want to use this type of software to track sales through database analysis and receipt reporting.
These types of remote control software programs are usually self-contained applications stored on a central machine or mainframe and used to access other computers, near or far. Another type of remote control software, however, is web-based. You can purchase or pay for access to a similar type of software suite that you access through a website, rather than an application that resides on your computer. This type of remote control software is hosted by someone else, and you pay for usage without having to pay for subsequent updates, which are the responsibility of the hosting company.
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