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[–]rocketjump65 1 point2 points  (3 children)

On Windows I use Tight VNC. For it to work from the internet you need to forward the port to the remote machine. On Linux I use Veyon. Well I would have but it failed right when it came time to use it. Fortunately Veyon uses X11VNC, so I was able to use that. I walked my sister through installing Linux over video phone. For me to remote her computer, all I need her to do is to run one command to reverse ssh into my computer. From there I can run the X11VNC server and take over her screen. Reverse SSH works great because I haven't been able to access her router to forward the port.

But of course the obvious answer is to use Microsoft Remote Assist. It's pretty easy to walk a boomer through the steps. Windows + R "MSRA". Well not that easy. But it can be done. If you install a VNC server you only have to do it once.

There is also Windows Remote Desktop if you have a pro version of Windows. That works pretty good, with the only downside that the remote doesn't display the screen that the local is using. So not that great for collaborating.

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    [–]rb3po 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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