Best 7 remote desktop programs to connect remotely to your computer

Managing your computer from a distance or being able to solve problems on the PC of a family member or friend without being physically in front of you is much easier than you think and you just need the right program. What we intend to create is a bridge on the Internet that connects our PC with another to control it as if we were standing in front of it, in remote desktop. This type of connection has the most varied fields of application, for example, to work from home on the office PC, to use computer programs from the tablet, to drive the PC remotely from the mobile phone, to solve problems on the computer of our parents without having to go to their home and so on.
For all this and more, these are the 7 most used and best free remote desktop programs to connect to a computer from afar
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1) Teamviewer

Teamviewer
The Teamviewer program is a bit the most obvious and best choice for everyone because it can be installed on Windows, OS X, Linux, Android and iOS, and is free for personal use. Not only does Teamviewer offer remote desktop functionality, but it also allows you to do file transfer, remote power on, guided assistance and remote work in collaboration with other people with screen sharing.
I have already talked about Teamviewr in the past as the program for the complete control of a PC from another computer or from a mobile phone.
The beauty of Teamviewer is that all functions are free and free and, above all, that it is installed quickly and easily, without any configuration to do. A child could use Teamviewer, it is in Italian and works well without having to make configuration changes on the PC, on the firewall, on the router.

2) Splashtop

Splashtop
Splashtop is similar to Teamviewer, it supports Windows, Mac OS X, Android and iOS and is free for personal use (up to five computers, and with some limitations depending on how you use it). As a program, it has some extra potential, allowing you to hear the multimedia content of one computer, on another from a distance, in audio and video streaming. Splashtop is an excellent tool to watch computer movies on your tablet, without making transfers, in streaming. Splashtop is very optimized for use on tablets and smartphones and in fact it had already been mentioned in the post on how to try Windows 8 on a tablett or on Pad. It would therefore be perfect if it were not that Splashtop is not completely free as Teamviewer in its use as remote desktop.

3) Chrome Remote Desktop

Chrome Remote Desktop is the app integrated within the Google Chrome browser on Windows and Mac PCs, which allows you to connect to any other computer where Chrome is always installed on a remote desktop, the important thing is to use the Chrome application Remote Desktop, completely free, for personal and commercial use. On the features and on how to use the remote desktop in Google Chrome to control another PC via the Internet, you can refer to the connected guide.
Although it is very easy to use, Chrome Remote Desktop is also very basic, with few additional functions.

4) The Remote Desktop

Microsoft's RDC protocol and Apple's Remote Desktop platform use existing technologies within their respective operating system, Windows and OSX, to allow remote administrators to connect from anywhere. It is mostly a solution for business use, to connect to servers or computers in remote desktop without having to physically go there. The problem is that these solutions work well in an internal network of PCs of the same type (Windows or Mac). To use the remote desktop via the Internet, non-trivial configuration on the router, port forwarding and security settings are required.
Microsoft has released the official RDC remote desktop app for Android and iOS.
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5) VNC

VNC or Virtual Network Computing is not a specific program but more an open source platform of all. Depending on the client software and the VNC server you are using, you can have more or less different functions and configurations.
The "official" VNC software is RealVNC which exists for Windows, OS X, Linux, Android, iOS, and also for Google Chrome.
The other very popular client is TightVNC, completely free, open source, therefore the most used.
VNC is not too difficult to configure, but it certainly is not the solution for everyone also because it also requires the opening of ports on the router to make it work via the internet. The advantage of VNC is that the data is fully under control, does not pass through the network of others and there are no proprietary services to be subscribed.

6) Iperius Remote

Iperius Remote is another remote desktop program similar to Teamviewer, which can be used for free in the freeware version. The operation is completely automatic and requires no special configurations, just install Iperius on both the controlling PC and the one to be controlled and then enter the connection codes.

7) Aspia

Aspia is an excellent free and open source remote desktop software for Windows PC, ideal alternative to TeamViewer. Thanks to the Fast Connect option, you can access a remote desktop in a few seconds by entering the IP of the computer to be connected and very easily, even only in view-only mode. You can also transfer files between connected PCs. To use this software, you need to download and install the host application on a PC to be controlled, then the Console application on the PC from which you want to access.
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