LogMeIn Free No Longer Available

[shizngiggles]

Not sure how many of you guys use Logmein for remotely accessing some of your devices, but I just received an email stating that as of today logmein free is no longer available. Kind of bummed, but luckily there are alternatives such as TeamViewer or good old windows remote desktop.

 

EDIT: Here's a list of alternatives I've come up with that you could use rather than pay for logmein:

 

• Teamviewer
• Windows Remote Desktop
• RealVNC
• TightVNC

 

[SuperStroopwafel]

damn...

[dmegatool]

Teamviewer would be cool if I could just skip the sponsored message. I avoid it just for that reason... 

[flibberdipper]

That's bullshit, honestly. They can die in a fire now, for all I care.

[shizngiggles]

Teamviewer would be cool if I could just skip the sponsored message. I avoid it just for that reason... 

 

Yeah I personally preferred remote desktop and logmein for that exact reason. Logmein was great when helping friends/family that had no idea how to log into their router and change settings so i could setup remote desktop, but now that it isn't free looks like teamviewer is what I'm going to have to use from here on out, unless any of you know of a better free alternative.

[legopc]

if then i just use teamviewer or the thingy from windows themself 

[TheSLSAMG]

I never used it, but TeamViewer works well.

[flibberdipper]

I never used it. It's a huge security hole.

I got several viruses from it, and that's why I stopped using it. Great idea, but also a terrible idea.

[dmegatool]

Yeah I personally preferred remote desktop and logmein for that exact reason. Logmein was great when helping friends/family that had no idea how to log into their router and change settings so i could setup remote desktop, but now that it isn't free looks like teamviewer is what I'm going to have to use from here on out, unless any of you know of a better free alternative.

If it's only on LAN Splashtop works really well. For WAN access it's like $15($20 ?)... yearly

[shizngiggles]

If it's only on LAN Splashtop works really well. For WAN access it's like $15($20 ?)... yearly

 

I work out of state often so remotely accessing my computers at home is strictly over WAN, but for myself I just RDP into them being i have setup my router to do so. Teamviewer works fine for other purposes now that Logmein isn't free so I guess I'll just stick to those two options. 

[Ashaira]

50$/year for 2 machines? yeah i am never going to use a subscription services that limits how much you can use it.for 50$ a year for a dam remoting program i expect to use it where the hell i want on how many machines i want.

[dmegatool]

VNC is just the best... 

[shizngiggles]

50$/year for 2 machines? yeah i am never going to use a subscription services that limits how much you can use it.for 50$ a year for a dam remoting program i expect to use it where the hell i want on how many machines i want.

 

Agreed. $50/year for 2 machines is too damn high. Also, that 50/year is at 50% off the regular price so it's normally 100/year

[Cryptonite]

Not sure how many of you guys use Logmein for remotely accessing some of your devices, but I just received an email stating that as of today logmein free is no longer available. Kind of bummed, but luckily there are alternatives such as TeamViewer or good old windows remote desktop.

 

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hamachi is still free though right?

[shizngiggles]

VNC is just the best... 

 

completely forgot about VNC. Might just start using tightvnc.

[Puppet]

Probably a direct result of people abusing the service, like those telephone scams.

[shizngiggles]

hamachi is still free though right?

 

Just went on their website and it appears it's now a subscription based product, so no it's not free anymore.

[Cryptonite]

Just went on their website and it appears it's now a subscription based product, so no it's not free anymore.

Meh, Thank goodness for tunngle then.

[shizngiggles]

Meh, Thank goodness for tunngle then.

 

There are quite a few free vpn solutions you can use besides hamachi. tuungle is a decent one.

[Brainless906]

Lol, I was gonna post this. Work as a computer Comp Tech and i've had a few people (a couple companies apparently trying to save money) asking about what we like to use for remote connections...was wondering why...

[Lukiose]

Shit, hamachi is no longer free? This is gonna cause me quite some trouble

[GoodBytes]

Just use Remote Desktop, it's significantly better in any case.

Or use VNC, that's also pretty good. Personally I found that Remote Desktop is the best, and VNC is the second best choice. You also different option, like RealVNC, or TightVNC.