Is it possible to give someone else permanent access to a computer via Chrome Remote Desktop?
My use case is simply that I want to be able to assist my elderly father with his Windows computer. I tried having him access the Chrome Remote Desktop support interface (it generates a code that you can share with someone to remote in temporarily)... but even that was too much for him to handle.
Ideally, I'd want Chrome Remote Desktop to just be running all the time and I'd have permanent access to it without him having to intervene in any way. Basically, he'd be logged in with his Google account but have given my Google account permanent permission to access his computer.
Any ideas? I'm open to better ideas!
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There are tools designed to support this function; Chrome Remote Desktop is not. Any "fix" you do to Chrome Remote Desktop to enable this will be inferior to using a tool designed for the job.
This may not appear to be an answer, but it is the correct answer. When you want a tool you can rely on to be available when you need it to be available, you want a tool that's designed to do that, not a tool you have to manipulate or tweak or coax to do that.
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