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Liquid HellzLiquid Hellz Registered User regular
edited March 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
Im looking for a program that will allow people to log into my computer and run an access database from it. It needs to be able to handle multiple users but not many, 4 or 5 tops. Preferably free, anyone know of a program that can do this?

What I do for a living:
Home Inspection and Wind Mitigation
http://www.FairWindInspections.com/
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    rfaliasrfalias Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Hamachi!
    I use it for some excel stuff between family. Works well. Fire and forget. Made by the people at logmein.com

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    Liquid HellzLiquid Hellz Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I was looking at that but it seems like it is only a messaging software and they want you to pay for the programs they have that allow file sharing. You can load the excel files off of a central computer with Hamachi?

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    PeregrineFalconPeregrineFalcon Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    No, Hamachi makes the VPN, then you just map the file-sharing ports through it, and have your family connect to it as a shared drive.

    Though it seems like you honestly aren't 100% sure on what you're asking here.

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    Liquid HellzLiquid Hellz Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Hmm I have created the network and shared files and connected to it from another computer but I can't figure out how to view the shared files.

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    http://www.FairWindInspections.com/
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    rfaliasrfalias Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Make sure you have file and printer sharing on, otherwise you will never see any files. Also make sure the directory is shared where these files are located.

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    Liquid HellzLiquid Hellz Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    He should be able to see my computer in his network connections correct? He can't..

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    Home Inspection and Wind Mitigation
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    RuckusRuckus Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    tell him to try using the UNC path from a runbox or address bar.

    \\yourcomputername\sharedfoldername\documentname.mdb

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