Question about software that may or may not exist...

[Imakeholesinu]

Here's my situation. I'm a lab assistant on campus from about 5-7pm on mondays and wednesdays. Usually I leave my apartment about 12 to visit Natsumi before I have class at 2. Then I pick her up after my class at 3:15 and spend her break with her since she usually has things to since she does not have a car and I am her primary mode of transportation. Then I drop her off at work and I go to work in the lab about 5:00pm. I was curious if anyone knew of any software that would allow me to access my PC at home while I am on campus. Bandwidth I don't think should be a problem on the school's side, but I have the basic DSL package that SBC offers. So I'm wondering if this is at all possible or in the realm of actually being feesible. The reason being is usually on Monday and Wednesday, especially now since it's getting colder out, I'll stay at Natsumi's place (devoid of a working computer and internet connection at the moment) and I don't usually get to use my PC for 2 or 3 days usually resulting in a bunch of e-mails missed in Outlook and such. I used to have a program that AT&T developed that would allow me to view my desktop via an IE window but lost it during the great hard drive and IDE channel crash of 2002. Any help would be appreciated.

[SineSwiper]

Wow...

Really, the fact that you think that this software doesn't exist shows your lack of technology ability. And we all know that the more your tech knowledge, the bigger your penis :)

But, seriously, go find WinVNC. If you need to do it from a browser, I think Windows XP has its own remote desktop thingy with the ability to use it from a browser. Otherwise, WinVNC client can easily fit on a thumb drive as a single EXE file. (No installation necessary.)

[Kupek]

If your biggest concern is missed emails, then the easiest solution is to get a webmail account in your flavor of choice (Yahoo, Google, MSN). That way you're not tied to anyone one computer in order to be able to communicate with people.

[Imakeholesinu]

Yeah, it's not all about the missed e-mails, it's that I wanted to make sure I kept downloading stuff at home also. I've just about got the first half of this seasons BSG downloaded over bittorrent and I wanted to make sure my roommate didn't do anything to it.

[Shellie]

Yeah VNC is the way to go. We have a VNC server running on my PC at home, works great.