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Moving away from Teamviewer on older Windows systems

Problem:  You have an old XP (!) or Windows 7 box.  Teamviewer no longer supports your OS, and/or is endlessly bugging you with "Commercial Use Detected!" nag-boxes. Solution:  Try AnyDesk . Why? •  It's free. •   It has a portable version - you can try it without installing a thing. •  It works on old operating systems (including XP (!)) •  It's pretty nice. Some features are pay-only, any the subscriptions ain't cheap.  But, so far, I've not found anything the free version lacks that I need. This saved a very old PC of mine after Teamviewer stopped supporting old boxen.  I need this ancient PC to run a prehistoric printer, with neither being supported by newer software.  AnyDesk saved it when Teamviewer stopped connecting in v15. [Update]:  Another free option is RustDesk.  I've not tried it myself; here is an article about it .