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your tutorial for locking down windows is super useful, thanks! Any recommendations for remote administration? I would like to set this up for my parents but ne

by rymurr 5y ago

your tutorial for locking down windows is super useful, thanks! Any recommendations for remote administration? I would like to set this up for my parents but need to be able to address any issues they might have w/o a transatlantic flight ;-)

hluska 5y ago
My parents have different levels of technical skills but I help both. My Dad is a nerd - I didn’t see it coming but I’m planning on stealing his lunch money the next time I get to see him. My Mom really hates computers and though I know this isn’t technically possible, they seem to hate her back. Despite their differences, I can use Quick Assist with both. And between my Dad’s sudden turn towards becoming me in high school and my Mom’s innocent transgressions, I’ve never run into anything I couldn’t fix with it. Worst case scenario, my Dad and I have talked about a volunteer based group of people who help other cats around his age. If your parents are on the same side of the ocean as we are, we can help in a closer timezone. My Dad is a retired police officer (you can trust him) turned nerd (you maybe shouldn’t trust him) and I’ve been drafted into the odd role of his nerd supervisor. If you’re worried about your folks, he’ll give them his phone number.
- mapster 5y ago
  You should blog about this. Super relevant now w booming boomer demo.
PenguinCoder 5y ago
AnyDesk is free for personal use, as long as you're not for some reason domain joined.
jszymborski 5y ago
Glad you liked the tutorial :) I don't have a lot of experience with remote administration, but I use Tailscale with RDP/VNC/SSH to access my own machines when I'm away from them. I like to avoid TeamViewer/AnyDesk/etc... because the GUI makes it too easy for folk to get scammed (watching Kitboga all these years makes me want to avoid them like the plague).

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your tutorial for locking down windows is super useful, thanks! Any recommendations for remote administration? I would like to set this up for my parents but ne

by rymurr 5y ago

hluska 5y ago
My parents have different levels of technical skills but I help both. My Dad is a nerd - I didn’t see it coming but I’m planning on stealing his lunch money the next time I get to see him. My Mom really hates computers and though I know this isn’t technically possible, they seem to hate her back. Despite their differences, I can use Quick Assist with both. And between my Dad’s sudden turn towards becoming me in high school and my Mom’s innocent transgressions, I’ve never run into anything I couldn’t fix with it. Worst case scenario, my Dad and I have talked about a volunteer based group of people who help other cats around his age. If your parents are on the same side of the ocean as we are, we can help in a closer timezone. My Dad is a retired police officer (you can trust him) turned nerd (you maybe shouldn’t trust him) and I’ve been drafted into the odd role of his nerd supervisor. If you’re worried about your folks, he’ll give them his phone number.
- mapster 5y ago
  You should blog about this. Super relevant now w booming boomer demo.
PenguinCoder 5y ago
AnyDesk is free for personal use, as long as you're not for some reason domain joined.
jszymborski 5y ago
Glad you liked the tutorial :) I don't have a lot of experience with remote administration, but I use Tailscale with RDP/VNC/SSH to access my own machines when I'm away from them. I like to avoid TeamViewer/AnyDesk/etc... because the GUI makes it too easy for folk to get scammed (watching Kitboga all these years makes me want to avoid them like the plague).