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PERSONAL COMPUTERS Remote Control: It's Not Just For Your TV.(A)(COMPUTERS MADE PLAIN)
Byline: Lynn Walford
Even in an age of Palms, Blackberries and other sophisticated hand-held computers, you probably still have most of your important files on your desktop computer.
Fortunately, there are a number of ways to access that data when you're out of the office. Software packages and the Web let you remotely control your files about as easily as if you were sitting at your personal computer.
If you plan to use a notebook computer to link with your desktop PC, there are remote-access software products available. They include pcAnywhere, LapLinkGold and NetOp Remote Control. These programs require that you install software on the host computer and on your remote computer.
"The remote computer is like the remote control of your television," said Dave Scott, senior product manager for Symantec Corp.'s pcAnywhere. "You can control the operations of a host PC with the remote software."
You can use a modem to dial into the host computer or access it via an Internet connection. The LapLink software comes with cables that can physicallyconnect computers for synchronizing and transferring files.
Remote software originally only let you access files. But remote-control programs now let you fully operate programs and configure software on your desktop.
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