# Recommend some PC remote access software **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 24, 2023, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-pc-remote-access-software/993604 "2023-11-24T05:20:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-pc-remote-access-software/993604/7 "2023-11-24T13:43:23Z")
Thanks, @LSLGuy, for saving me the trouble of finding that previous thread, so I can repost my cautionary tale about TeamViewer here. > [@Recommend Remote Control Software for Windows 7/10 PCs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-remote-control-software-for-windows-7-10-pcs/923209/16): > > Too late for the OP, but here’s why I recommend _against_ using TeamViewer. > > I used TeamViewer for years to help my aged parents, because the company says it’s free for non-commercial use, which mine decidedly was. > > Then last summer TeamViewer suddenly sent me a message saying they had detected that I was using it for commercial purposes (I wasn’t) and shut my account down unless I bought a license for (I think) $50 a month. I tried several times to appeal, or even get an explanation, but got no response at all from them. On Googling, I found that they had done the same to many people. > > So you may find at some time in the future that you’re shut out of it unless you pay lots of money. > > I have since switched to [Remote Utilities](https://www.remoteutilities.com/), which I find quite satisfactory and is really free. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-pc-remote-access-software/993604)._