To The IT Geeks

[CM5878]

Quick Question- If I have an excel document on a home computer, is there a way I can access it at a work location or any other computer. I believe it would have to be set up thru a cloud? I use windows 8 on my home computer so I think there is an option to set this up, but I'm kind of in the dark on how to set it up. :bash:

 

[kevinatfms]

why not just save the workbook, email it and open it on your work computer? or save it to a flash drive.

 

[CM5878]

Well of course I can do that, or just wait until I get home. But was just curious if there was a need to access something right away, if there was a way to do so.

 

[black92]

why not just save the workbook, email it and open it on your work computer? or save it to a flash drive.

^ +1

If you work on your home computer a lot and forget to send certain files or need to access them, try downloading "Log Me In" onto your home computer and that way you can remote in any time you need to. All you need to do is make sure your home computer is turned on and you can access with any computer by going to the website.

https://secure.logmein.com/

 

[SweetSVT99]

Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive just to name a few.

 

[straightliner1]

Google Drive (Free cloud based storage). Access it anywhere

 

[focussvtracer]

email it to yourself.

 

[Outlaw99]

google drive. ( documents )

 

[JasonSnake]

google drive - recommended as it is operating system - agnostic. If you were to get a Mac down the road, you can still install the google drive sync program.

 

[Sick03Vert]

google drive - recommended as it is operating system - agnostic. If you were to get a Mac down the road, you can still install the google drive sync program.

Please.......don't do that.

 

[ITRIEDEL]

Zip drive.

 

[GodStang]

Google Drive. Can get it from any phone or any PC anywhere.

 

[NasteeNate]

google drive, its FREE!

 

[65fastback2+2]

But was just curious if there was a need to access something right away, if there was a way to do so.

not unless you setup remote access previously on your home computer. if not, then no, no way to access it right away without being at that computer

 

[CalcVictim]

simplest thing is sharing using the cloud,

if you want a real answer then you setup a shared drive on your pc, setup port forwarding on your router, get a hostname, use dynamic dns and then you can access your files from anywhere but if you're not an IT person you wouldn't know how to do that

 

[CowlHood]

Teamviewer

 

[wallie40]

dropbox or google docs.

 

[GodStang]

simplest thing is sharing using the cloud,

if you want a real answer then you setup a shared drive on your pc, setup port forwarding on your router, get a hostname, use dynamic dns and then you can access your files from anywhere but if you're not an IT person you wouldn't know how to do that

Ya I kinda figured with the question he did not want something this in-depth. I use to use No-IP.org when I did this. Free and could get to my PCs from anywhere.

 

[Machdup1]

Well of course I can do that, or just wait until I get home. But was just curious if there was a need to access something right away, if there was a way to do so.

Logmein.com

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[CalcVictim]

Ya I kinda figured with the question he did not want something this in-depth. I use to use No-IP.org when I did this. Free and could get to my PCs from anywhere.

That's what I use, home machine can be used as a web server, RDP and FTP.