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Sharing Files between distant computers

georgia_mountain_lad

16 years ago

I run a small business. My partner lives 2.5 hours away and uses another ISP. We have tried having a central meeting space on Office Live Spaces, but that wasn't perfect for us. GotoMyPC.com is great, but expensive. Now trying Groove, but still trying to figure THAT out! Right now, our identities are switched on Groove. Okay, question is: Does anyone out there have a solution for us to have a central meeting point. Main focus is to share some key files with lists that are updated daily. (Instead of emailing them back and forth.) Both computers use Vista, IE7, Microsoft Outlook.

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bpgreen
16 years ago
There's another thread here that talks about Google Docs vs Open Office. I think your situation is one where Google Docs might be a good choice because it allows you both to work on the docs even though you're in separate places.

If you're looking for ways to remotely access a computer, I've had good results using different versions of VNC. I think the last one I used was UltraVNC.

There are some free conferencing programs. Here is a wikipedia article with a chart comparing some conferencing products (some free).

One they didn't have listed is Yugma.
jane__ny
16 years ago
I use Go To My PC and pay $9.95. I love it. I have complete access to my work computer and can print anything from home. I can work on my office computer from any computer anywhere or ISP. I also use Google Docs and that works well but that is for documents. 'Go To' lets me access everything on my office machine.
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owbist
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Depending on how often and how many files need be swapped you might consider Skype. That way you can talk to each other for free using mike and speakers or a headset and also send files back and forth as you discuss business
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
16 years ago
have you tried the free team viewer?
TeamViewer

works very well much like go to my pc but it is free.
User
16 years ago
Definitely Google Docs ... put the lists in a spreadsheet and restrict access to just the two of you.

It also has a calendar, and with that and SKYPE you can schedule tasks, IM each other ans share documents.
georgia_mountain_lad
Original Author
16 years ago
Wow. Thanks for that great info. Google Docs is wonderful!!! It's fascinating that we can see changes being made in real time. By "restricting" do you mean requiring a log-in?

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