Rick... there are a number of programs that will let you do this, but I doubt that your company security would allow this. I haven't used them in a while, but used to link with my son's computer to solve problems... uses the same technology.
Here are a few possibilities:
https://secure.logmein.com/US/home.aspxhttp://www.uvnc.com/http://www.teamviewer.com/index.aspxHere are my favorite programs, which anyone can get by using Google, putting in the name of the program and "free download"... because i don't use any programs that aren't free.
Open Office 3 -- works same as Microsoft Office, costs $300 less
Irfan View -- best all round file for pictures... for creating slide shows, tweaking pics, resizing, and converting virtually every kind of picture. Plian vanilla program, but hugely powerful. If you download this small footprint program, remember to also download the "plug ins". If you're into picture editing, I think this is better and more versatile than Photoshop...
Alsong -- music player, that automatically links the music on your computer to lyrics and shows them karaoke style on the screen. Plays all music. Also Alzip, an easy zip file program.Doesn't cover all songs, but the most popular one are there... If you have a favorite that doesn't have linked lyrics, you can upload your lyrics, and synch the words to the music. This is a really great FUN program. I have linked up most of the unknown Johnny Cash and Sarah Brightman songs.
Radio?Sure! --Direct connection to 12,000 streaming radio stations. Can sort by genre,language, country, call letters, etc. Instant connection live... no wait, and a fade in from one station to another. Country, Jazz, Classical, Pop etc.
Fences -- A slick clean desktop organizer easily to customize or leave as it is... intuitive sort of links, programs, recent, folders etc.
Google Chrome -- I would never go back to Internet Explorer. Chrome is fast, clean, intuitive, and doen't take up much room at the top of your desktop. Use the URL space as the Google search. Tons of features that you don't see but which work. Tabs are fastest. History is available with a click, and downloads show integrally with the basic window. Google Chrome is great!
Picasa 3 --- Google picture organizer, editor and lots more. Most recent is face recognition, where you can let google scan all of your pics for faces, and allow it to put all of the pictures with that face into a single folder. I have 57K pics on my computer, and let Googles search and organize by faces. Because it doesn't copy or move pics it doesn't take up any space. This is a fun program.
VLC Media Player -- If oyu "do" a lot of music and or video's, this is the very best program. Plays every kind of file. IMHO, there is no comparison between Microsoft Media Player and VLC... One of the nicest features of VLC, is that it updates codecs on a regular basis, so it plays every kind of file... even as file formats proliferate. It works fas, and doesn't have the "bulk" of Windows Media Player.
MSE Microsoft Security Essentials-- Again, IMHO, the best. Free. Microsoft doesn't offer it automatically because of a conflict of interest possibility between McAffee, AVG, Kapersky, Norton etc. Best is that it's free, and works without a lot of hoopla. I've used free AVG forever, but it has become too overblown and slows my computer. Don't take my word for this... Google MSE reviews, for opinions from the entire tech community.
Ubuntu -- I call it Linux for dummies, because it's so easy to load and run. It does it all automatically. If you have any spirit of adventure and wondered what Linux was all about, this the the place to start. Frankly, I have no idea of how it works, but it works great, and in many ways, is more simple than windows. It automatically gets all new downloads, so is always up to date. When I get bored, I run Kubuntu, and learnas I go along. It' a great program to load on that old computer that you don't want to spend money on, to update to XP or above.
Fast Stone Capture-- a program that allows you to save whatever is on your computer screen, Either the actual screen, or a scrolling screen. You use this to save information that you can't "copy" or "download" Easy to use... I wouldn't be without it.
Everything -- I found this about two months ago, and give it the "Itstarted" Academy Award. It does a scan of your computer and all drives, and gives you a search box. Put in a word, a part of a word, a file extension, like ( *.jpg ) or sort your gazillion files by name, date or whatever. A name search finishes in a nanosecond... Yeah... I know, impossible, right?... It just works, and it's free. This is a five star special, in my opinion. If you try it, PM me, and let me know what you think...
I only use free stuff, and keep my eye out for the best of the best.
