Once you have completed that process you can find the icon for Google Remote Desktop (in Chrome) by clicking the puzzle piece icon in your address bar, and looking for a Google icon with folders behind it. Google will then install the extension on your browser. We will click add extension because that’s what will make Remote Desktop work.
Your browser will warn you about the extension's capabilities. Click the blue "download" button to get started.Ĭhrome will prompt you to install an extension. Google will then walk you through the installation of the program that will “broadcast” your computer for remote access. You will be prompted to log in to your Google account (if you are not already logged in from this browser.) If you’re satisfied with that, look for the box that provides the button to "access my computer" and click it.
On the computer you are going to be "remoting" into, open a Google Chrome browser ( download that here) and navigate to .įrom there you can read more detailed information about Google’s offering. Setting up your dealership PC for remote access (As linked to on the Remote Desktop page.) We’re happy to answer questions, but advanced tech support will be provided by Google. For many of us this may be our first time ever using Google’s remote desktop. Frazer’s customer service representatives will also be provided this document. Note: This guide is being provided to our dealers as a helpful reference while we all practice “social distancing”.
This document will provide instructions for setting up Google’s remote desktop, so that you can access your lot computer without actually being at your lot. (Think of it like setting your TV to just the right channel.) Whatever program you use to access your desktop remotely will automatically handle all of the connections for you. The second program, running on the computer you are using to log in will then “tune” to that broadcast. On the computer being remoted into, the remote desktop program is running to essentially “broadcast” the PC on the internet. In other words, once remote desktop is set up, you could sit down at a computer away from your dealership, and log in and use a computer still sitting at your lot.įor a vast majority of remote desktop connections there are usually 2 programs in play. Remote desktop allows people to access a computer that is currently in another location.
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