Working online and remotely has become the rule now in various sectors, especially with the period of this pandemic, which is the reason why desktop programs and tools known as Remote are at the forefront of the most downloaded programs in the well-known application download library, and among these programs we find Aspia It is an open source application that allows managing computers and facilitates remote work from within your home only, this program is intended for users who have one or more computers running Windows and wants to manage their work without going to the official workplace, and the application allows managing computers It also gives you the ability to transfer files between your local computer and the computer that you control remotely, Aspia can be very useful when performing repairs to computers or performing routine checks in real time, and in general. Aspia has many great features including, for example, thatYou can create a list through which you can add all the computers that you want to access and control them through the same program, and you also have the option to combine them in one group, which will allow you to connect to the computers of your choice faster and protect this list with a password for more Of security and many other great features, as for the way the program works, the process is very simple, as the program provides two options, the first is the Aspia Console and the second is the Aspia Host, on the main computer the Aspia Console will be installed and in the device that you want to control remotely you install Aspia Host, and for reference, the program is freely available for computers running Windows 10, 8 or 7, just follow the few steps below for the method to control a remote PC using Aspia.
On the computer that you want to control remotely:
After installing the program, you are now configuring the Aspia Host, and to do this you click on the Aspia Host Configuration option, after which a small window will open in which you specify the appropriate port for communication
Then you go to the "Users" option to add the name or names of the usernames authorized to connect to this device, and to add any user, you click on the icon in the upper left part of the window
You only have to enter the username and password, then specify the permissions that you want to grant to this user, then press "OK", and to indicate there are three options, the first is "Desktop Management" and enables access to the computer completely, then the option "Display Desktop" "To view the computer screen remotely but without the authority to perform any action, then the last option is to transfer files
After the appropriate settings are entered into the Aspia Host tool and the changes are validated, you click on the "Apply" option to save the settings.
On the original computer:
At this point, you will download the Aspia Console software to the original computer that you want to control on the other device remotely
After installation, you run the program and click on the "New Address Book" option to create a directory and organize groups of remote computers
Optionally, you can enter a name for this directory and an appropriate password to protect access to it
You can then create folders for computers as you see fit, for example creating one folder for home computers and another folder for work computers, and then you can start adding remote computers to this directory, and to do so, you click Right mouse on the folder, then select "Add a computer"
At this stage, you will enter the information of the computer that you want to connect to remotely, including the name that he chose and then specify the directory in which the remote computer should be located, the IP address of the remote computer followed by the port that you previously configured, and of course the name of the user authorized to connect to the device The remote computer and the password for the account, and at the end you confirm by pressing the "OK" option.
All you have to do now is to connect to the remote computer of your choice, and to do this you right-click on the corresponding line, then select the connection mode you want according to the rights that you previously granted to the user account, for example access to the device with full rights, and then specify Desktop Management
At this point, the connection to the remote computer will be done without any problems.