However, instead of displaying the target PC’s screen, all I get is a uniform gray screen on my Chromebook. Chrome OS? One would think it would work wonderfully. My local device is either another Windows laptop, or my Chromebook. Sometimes I need to remotely adjust a camera through this laptop. My target Windows PC is a small laptop that runs IP-camera software for monitoring our home in our absence (we are ‘snow birds’). I use the free for personal use (and my use IS personal, not commercial) TeamViewer. My advice if you are this kind of user? Have a back up plan. Simple, unless you are truly remote, like across the country, or in another country. When it failed the fix was simple delete and rebuild all the connections. While the service has been mostly trouble free, there were a few trouble spots in its history. I have used Chrome Remote Desktop for several years. The occasional use of TV doesn’t trigger their excessive use warning. It gets updated every few months, altho I have not found where you can get info on the latest version without downloading it.įinally, for situations where reliable unattended remote access is important, I also install TeamViewer Free on the host, as a “plan B” backup for when CRD won’t connect. In the last 2 years, several bugs have been fixed, but I have to go to to manually to get the updates. Lest folks like me who do not create a microsoft account when installing windows be scared off by this: “Both users must be signed in to their own PCs as authorized users (e.g., signed in with a Microsoft account).” - CRD works fine w/out a microsoft account.Īlso, the host executable does not auto-update.
That it doesn’t need ports forwarded is a huge advantage over microsoft’s RDP. Thanks for the CRD piece – been using it for a few years and it works well for my needs.
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