How to take the control of a remote machine

When i was an amateur in the computer environment i learned a bit of computer troubleshooting stuff. I got a situation where one of my friend is having some issues with his computer performance and some pop-up error messages on the screen. I knew few tricks that might/mightn't fix the issue completely but can be a workaround. There is no chance for me to walk down to his computer to do a bit of troubleshooting coz he is in a remote location. I gave a few suggestions on phone but that didn't worked out. I thought of taking the control of his machine to play around for sometime to help him fix this. To be frank i am really not aware that there is some kind of program that allows us to take the control of remote machine via Internet. Being an amateur at that time i engaged Google to search for some kind of software to take the remote control of the machine. There are a lot of programs which provide the option to control a remote PC.

Only few are interesting and worth trying. Out of them the best are :
1. GoToAssist - This is the product of Citrix corporation. This is the one of my best screen sharing software that i used. we can give a try by downloading the free version for 30 days by following the link http://www.gotoassist.com// .
Just simply install the program and generate a unique session id and direct the other person to put that session id by going to the page http://fastsupport.com//. That's it. The remote computer is only one mouse click away from you.

2. Team Viewer : This is my second best option. we can get a free trial version from the website http://www.teamviewer.com//. It is relatively small executable file that needs to be installed on both the PC which want to involve in screen sharing. This installation doesn't require any kind of admin rights.both the computers should who wants to participate on screen sharing needs to install this. Install this on Remote PC and Your PC as well. Get the session id and password from the remote PC. Create a session and then....Bingo !

3.LogmeIn : It haven't really tried using this tool a lot but this is really good and helpful. Just go to the home page http://www.logmein.com// and give a try.


4.ShowmyPc : It is a good one. Its doesn't require any installation. you can have a try here http://www.showmypc.com//. Like teamviewer the download file is relatively small and no need to install this separately coz it's an executable file.


But all this stuff happens over the internet. If you have a good internet connection these programs are really awesome when working with them. But if your internet connection is a bit slow them you will be a bit annoying when the the other computer takes ages to respond to your mouse gestures and etc....

And another interesting features with these tools are

• File transfer  - This option allows you to transfer the files from your computer to remote computer.
• Chat - We can chat with the other person on the remote location.

Apart from these four there are a Dozens of softwares available. I probably missed some other programs which were better and worth trying.