Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook Talking technology, computers, and the Internet… for the average computer user

I tried GoToMyPC this week, while I was away on a trip. I liked it! I took part in the free trial for 30 days… after that, it’s $15 a month. Gulp. I rarely travel for long periods of time, so I don’t think I’ll be needing it anymore. But if I do start to travel extensively, I’ll probably use it.

I first heard about it from Kim Komando (GoToMyPC sponsors her). It was better than I thought it was– very easy to download, to run. The connection between the two computers seemed a little sluggish, but not too bad. GoToMyPC is not paying me at all, I’m merely mentioning then in case you need something like it.

Basically, GoToMyPC is a remote-controller. You install the program on your host PC. You must create an account and also a username and password to access the host computer. You can log in to your host computer while away, to access your email, bookmarks, passwords, etc. I found it very useful, and much more secure than entering in my personal data on a public machine or on a public WiFi connection that can be read by scammers.

You must leave your host computer ON while you are away, however. If you have power settings that shut off your hard drive while idle, you must turn this off.

So I give it a thumbs up. It was very easy and straighforward to use. However, $15 a month is really steep, especially when there’s LogMeIn which is absolutely free.