What VNC (or similar) software for Windows 7 Home allows me to control my parents’ computer remotely as an administrator user?
- by Paul D. Waite
Here’s what I dream of:
I install Windows 7 Home on my parents’ PC. They have a regular user account that they use, meaning they can’t install anything. I have an administrator account, meaning I can install things for them.
I install some sort of VNC software on their machine that lets me access their computer remotely under the administrator account, so that I can install software for them (or do other administrator tasks, e.g. updates) without actually going to their house.
Is there any VNC or VNC-like software that supports the above?
(I guess I might be better off buying them Windows 7 Professional, and using Remote Desktop. At some point I’ll give up and get them an iPad, but for now, remote Windows admin is the dream.)