Networks are the heart of internet and connected computers. Hence its monitoring became essential for managing the issues related with servers, websites and other applications in real-time. Network monitoring checks different factors affecting a network, like server outages, intrusions, addition of new hardware and software, changes in network configuration, bandwidth usage, downtime, system resource usages, changes in DNS settings and many others. There are softwares and web applications that could check websites and networks for issues and warn network administrator about any possible issues. We earlier shared a free website monitoring service from Pingdom and free applications that can monitor remote computers.

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You might have seen people at call centers fixing PC problems of remote clients by accessing their desktop right from his/her premises . The problem can be anything from a simple computer setting to viruses issues . In these situations the executive would need a remote desktop sharing applications like Teamviewer or Logmein free . Teamviewer is one of the best free full function remote access software for Windows and Mac .Teamviewer users can control the connected machine as they like .They can shutdown reboot ,change settings ,passwords and many more . Teamviewer application is free for personal use . Logmein on the other side is an advanced commercial remote access application that also provide free stripped down versions for personal use . Remote desktop sharing has a dark side with security vulnerabilities that each user should take care of .

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