remotely access other's pc through internet

campus23 · 03-14-2009, 06:23 AM

i want to see desktop of my office pc at my home ...plz tell me the simplest and secure way.............

**bilbus** · 03-14-2009, 03:17 PM

talk to IT, many places will fire you for trying to access your desktop remotely.

T600_Series · 03-14-2009, 03:58 PM

True that, you will need to speak to the IT department at work and possibly your supervisor. Besides the point, it is possible through using VPN connections.

tiggy · 03-21-2009, 03:01 AM

Years ago my housemate created a vpn on my home computer to his corporate network without my permission or knowledge. After I moved out (I didn't understand any of this stuff) he would mess with my computer over the Internet just to mess with my head. I kind of figured out it was a vpn but did not know what to do. I had a Dell computer which had a three partitioned hard drive. I went through months of calling Dell and having them walk me through reformatting the hard drive many many late nights. Unknown to me and apparently Dell reformatting one partition did nothing to rid me of what he was doing. I finally called his office and talked to the IT department. Next I was told by the It guy he wasn't allowed to talk to me and his boss called and told me he would investigate and let me know. His boss called a few weeks later and told me that he was told that if he was doing this (he refused to say either way) to stop. That day several things changed on my computer . I remember noticing that my virus program was different and when I checked it out the one I had been seeing was a corporate one. It was my first computer and he had done it on the second day I had it. The computer crashed completely that day after all the changes occurred and Dell finally came out and could not fix (the guy told me he had never seen anything like it)it and basically put almost all new components in it. THere is obviously a lot more detail to this storey but my interest has always been the legality of what he did and the legality of the company "hiding" it from me? He told me he was going to make everyone think I was crazy and no one believed me about the computer, except apparently the IT department where he worked!! It is a convoluted story but it always bugged me about the secrecy of the corporation he worked for. The department he worked in was set up specifically to set up for security on the network where he worked. (We had two phone lines and he "suggested using his for my computer as he never used it , right!) He ended up being laid off when the program they were working on was finished, he had worked there for about 30 years.

Just very curious.
Thanks,

Tiggy

03-14-2009, 06:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
campus23 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 30 OS: xp	remotely access other's pc through internet i want to see desktop of my office pc at my home ...plz tell me the simplest and secure way.............

03-14-2009, 03:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
bilbus TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 967 OS: OS2 Warp	Re: remotely access other's pc through internet talk to IT, many places will fire you for trying to access your desktop remotely.

03-14-2009, 03:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
T600_Series Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 34 OS: Windows XP Pro	Re: remotely access other's pc through internet True that, you will need to speak to the IT department at work and possibly your supervisor. Besides the point, it is possible through using VPN connections.

03-21-2009, 03:01 AM	#4 (permalink)
tiggy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 11 OS: winxp pro	Re: remotely access other's pc through internet legality Years ago my housemate created a vpn on my home computer to his corporate network without my permission or knowledge. After I moved out (I didn't understand any of this stuff) he would mess with my computer over the Internet just to mess with my head. I kind of figured out it was a vpn but did not know what to do. I had a Dell computer which had a three partitioned hard drive. I went through months of calling Dell and having them walk me through reformatting the hard drive many many late nights. Unknown to me and apparently Dell reformatting one partition did nothing to rid me of what he was doing. I finally called his office and talked to the IT department. Next I was told by the It guy he wasn't allowed to talk to me and his boss called and told me he would investigate and let me know. His boss called a few weeks later and told me that he was told that if he was doing this (he refused to say either way) to stop. That day several things changed on my computer . I remember noticing that my virus program was different and when I checked it out the one I had been seeing was a corporate one. It was my first computer and he had done it on the second day I had it. The computer crashed completely that day after all the changes occurred and Dell finally came out and could not fix (the guy told me he had never seen anything like it)it and basically put almost all new components in it. THere is obviously a lot more detail to this storey but my interest has always been the legality of what he did and the legality of the company "hiding" it from me? He told me he was going to make everyone think I was crazy and no one believed me about the computer, except apparently the IT department where he worked!! It is a convoluted story but it always bugged me about the secrecy of the corporation he worked for. The department he worked in was set up specifically to set up for security on the network where he worked. (We had two phone lines and he "suggested using his for my computer as he never used it , right!) He ended up being laid off when the program they were working on was finished, he had worked there for about 30 years. Just very curious. Thanks, Tiggy