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February 19, 2007

CrossLoop

I meant to post on this a while back, and I just forgot.

crossloop_small.jpgSeveral weeks ago, a friend of mine was having some computer problems, and I really didn’t have time to drive down and take a look at it for him, so I remembered a handy little app that I had run across a couple of weeks earlier called CrossLoop. It is a very simple and secure screen sharing program.

So I told him to download the small CrossLoop client, and I did the same. Once we had both installed it (in just a couple of minutes tops), we each opened the program. He chose “Host” and read the ID number to me (which changes each time), and I chose “Join” and entered the same ID. Then, presto, we were connected, and I could control his PC. I did my thing, and we were done. Problem solved.

Now don’t get me wrong, this isn’t the most robust remote program available by far. You can’t do file transfers, capture/record your sessions, etc. But for sheer ease of use and price (free), it’s hard to beat. There are occasions where more options might be needed, but for a quick hop onto someone else’s machine to help them out or demonstrate something, it works great. Give it a try.

CrossLoop - Simple Secure Screen Sharing

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3 Responses to “CrossLoop”

  1. Mrinal said:
    February 19th, 2007 at 2:22 pm

    Thanks for bringing us to your users Josh! Please let me know if anyone has questions!
    You mentioned a few things one can not do with CrossLoop - one of them will need to be removed from that list soon with our new release :)
    I will leave it as a surprise as to which one :) but I would recommend that you stay close to our blog (URL against my name) for information on the new stuff we are working on.
    Hugs from all at CrossLoop!

  2. Dave said:
    February 20th, 2007 at 9:29 pm

    I just tried this out for the first time. I remember you mentioned it when we were hanging out a few weeks ago…but I didn’t try it because i only had access to one PC at the time. anyway, i tried it today…and really liked it. In fact, I’ve decided I’m going to install it on all of the PCs at church (along with family and friends) so anytime they have a problem, they can just fire it up and i can solve their problems.

  3. Mrinal said:
    February 20th, 2007 at 11:42 pm

    Thanks Dave and that makes us feel we are really making a difference!
    If you have questions anytime, you can contact me anytime at mrinald[at]crossloop.com

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