Teamviewer 6 Beta now out

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Let me just come right out and say it: TeamViewer is the best remote control application for Windows PCs today. I've tried numerous apps, and nothing comes close to TeamViewer's performance on a WAN. For LAN situations, Windows Remote Desktop rocks. But when you've got the whole wide Internet between you and the computer you'd like to control, nothing beats TeamViewer. I use it several times per week, for extended sessions (hours on end), and it's always a joy to use. So yes, I'm a rabid fan, and I'm not ashamed.

And now, TeamViewer has announced a new beta for version 6. If you use TeamViewer 5, you'll notice the look and feel is different. But changes are more than skin-deep:

Custom QuickSupport is a feature that lets you connect to existing customers much more quickly, without getting their ID and password newly every time.
QuickJoin is a new feature that lets you send the session data to participants beforehand. This is great for presentations – the participants connect to your computer, and not vice versa. You no longer need to enter the data for each of the participants manually.
Reconnection after reboot makes sure TeamViewer will re-establish the connection even after the remote computer went down and came back up.
There are several other options; if you're not using TeamViewer yet, you really should start. But remember this is still a beta, so if you use it to control nuclear reactors or a personal army of killer robots, you may want to hold off on the upgrade.
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Just tested it out and it works very well
 
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*Beta

I hope its better. v5 was giving me so much hassle. Occasionally it just forgets the *permanent* password out of the blue. Then you have to walk over to the machine so that you can remote control it. (FML). Or even better it gives that useless "unspecified error" message. Can't even use VNC as that doesn't support Win7.
 
Just updated to Version 6.0.11656 and it seems to be noticeably more responsive than the outgoing version.
 
Teamviwer on local lan is the bomb, got sick and tired of vnc
 
When I switch the PC off on the other side, it doesn't turn off? Why is this?
 
Khanya said:
When I switch the PC off on the other side, it doesn't turn off? Why is this?
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Don't know Teamviewer (yet), but it might be permissions. Check on the target pc if you need to allow Shutdown in Teamviewer.
 
cpu. said:
Don't know Teamviewer (yet), but it might be permissions. Check on the target pc if you need to allow Shutdown in Teamviewer.
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Yes, there is that option in the Advanced tab, but by default installation it is disabled.
 
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