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Using LogMeIn to connect to your desktops from your tablet

Using LogMeIn to connect to your desktops from your tablet

From the course: Setting Up Your Mobile Office to Work from Anywhere

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Using LogMeIn to connect to your desktops from your tablet

Another scenario in which you may need to remote control another computer is when it's your computer you want to remote control. Prehaps you need to do some work on the desktop computer or troubleshoot a family member's computer while on the road. Since it's your family and your computer system it's okay to use a more robust app that can require needing a login and a tray icon on the desktop system you want to connect to. That means that the LogMeIn app will be open and waiting for a possible connection all the time. Let me show you how LogMeIn works. The first step is to go www.logmein.com and to create a login and download the software. And both are easy right from the website. So you create your account and on the desktop computers that you want to connect back to at home, you need to download an app and have it running in the tray icon all the time. The next step, is to have the app installed on the tablet. Now, I've done that. So I'm going to tap LogMeIn. And because I've already…

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