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UltraVNC – Access your home computer on the move [PC Tips]

Its becomes very urgent if you did forget some important document at home and you need it at emergency. What do you do ? The worst option could be going back to home or asking somebody to email you but its really hectic as you need to tell the person everything one by one and the case gets worse if nobody is at your home.

In today’s world there are lot of softwares which allows you to access your computer but most of them are paid ones and are mostly required for professional users. We have a solution, Ultra VNC , Virtual Network computing is a smart option here which is free for non commercial use and easy to use..

What is Ultra VNC?

Ultra VNC is a virtual network computing program which allows you to access any computer from anywhere provided you have this software installed in the host machine ( your computer in the above scenario ) and you keep it turned on

UltraVNC is a powerful, easy to use and free software that can display the screen of another computer (via Internet or network) on your own screen. The program allows you to use your mouse and keyboard to control the other PC remotely. It means that you can work on a remote computer, as if you were sitting in front of it, right from your current location.

How does Ultra VNC work ?

This software comes in 2 parts one is called as server and another is viewer. The sever runs on your home computer and you can use the VNC views to access your machine from anywhere. You can install this software for either both Server and Viewer or just any of them.This software is free for non commercial use.

So that means I can’t access my computer without this software ?

Yes you can !!!. Ultra VNC has inbuilt functionality called as javaViewer which allows you to access your machine by just IP address. All you need to have a browser with Java Installed.

Enter your address like http://machineip:5800 where machineip address is same as your computer IP address. Some of the computer’s IP address changes as they connect every time. Make sure you confirm the IP address with somebody at home or you get Static IP address for your machine.Moreover this software is works on Windows XP and is Vista compatible

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Posted on 21st January 2008 by Ashish Mohta , A Professional Tech blogger, Editor and Writer who talks about solving day to day problems of people who use computer. He also writes on How to use the applications like Office, PC tips, Online tools,Browsers and more. All posts by Ashish Mohta | Connect with me @ Twitter | Linkedin | Facebook | Stumble

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