The wonderful thing is that no 3rd party applications must be installed, aside the Chrome extension itself, to enjoy such level of control. When the Chrome browser is present on a station running any version of Windows, Mac and Linux, the Remote Desktop tool will offer assistance capabilities, while the privileges of full-desktop control will be given only to those with Windows Vista and Mac OS X 10.6, or above. Speaking of features, here’s what Google offers:

Although all operating systems have been deemed compatible, some features are only enabled for newer versions. As long as the platform comes with the browser installed, the Remote Desktop tool will work. In a few words, this tool developed by Google itself is perfectly compatible with Chrome browsers and computers that run on Chrome OS. Well, Google thought of a title suitable for this list and recently, the first stable version of the Chrome Remote Desktop software has been released.

Although there are lots of programs that can offer remote access with ease, even the one included by Windows 7 itself, we have searched for those that are user friendly and that can get the job done in a few minutes. For us, TeamViewer has always been the weapon of choice whenever we needed to solve distant problems, be them big or small.

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