Customer Reviews
Look into "Remote Desktop" 
2005-06-13
There is no longer any need for this product. Remote Desktop, also known as "Terminal Services", built into Windows XP Professional, is far faster and works better than pcAnywhere ever did.
Be aware! Some seller is selling pirate copies. 
2006-06-10
For your information; Symantec doesn't market PCAnywhere series in paper sleeves, any Symantec product comes in paper sleeves without retail box (other than Norton Anti-virus) is fake.
don't buy it 2006-02-08
I use PC Anywhere every day to admin systems and I can tell you 11.5 is not a upgrade it will only slow down your access and cause other issues with the performance of your system. This must have been a rush release. I have went back to 10.5 and will probably stay ther until I am convinced Symnatec has released a quality upgrade to this product. I contacted about these things to no avail. It sounds like just about everyone else rating this product feels the same. I like 10.5 and previous versions but somebody really let the quality slip on 11.5
pcAnywhere is great for demonstration purposes! 2005-11-04
I have a PC in the livingroom for showing videos, slides, etc for my 2 year old. I had to come out of my study to switch programs for him since he is still on a high chair at a safe distance from the monitor and keyboard. With this wonderful product, I can remotely control the livingroom pc from my study and I know exactly what's being shown on that pc's monitor. This is something that terminal service CANNOT do! I also use it among the several PC's I have and save the cost for KVM switches!
pcanywhere 11.5 host and remote 2005-09-19
Product worked great. The wizard allows for easy setup for a new connection. Ive used several previous versions of pcanywhere and as far as ease of use the previous versions are not in the same league as the current one.
PcA still tops in file transfer 2005-09-07
[...] Terminal Services does not include a simple to configure (or use for that matter) file transfer function. PcAnywhere is still tops in file transfer functionality. The Command Queue in versions 11.0 and above is simply sweet. Load up file transfer and transfer over as many files as you like in the order you choose. You don't have to wait for the last file(s) to transfer before you move on to other files. You just keep selecting files to transfer and PcA puts them into a queue list to be sent in the order you selected them. You can rearrange this list as well, as it's processing. Sure, there are a ton of PcAnywhere alternatives, but without FTP/HTTP or VPN connections to transfer files (which may also require more firewall fiddling), PcAnywhere gives you the capability and does so very well. If you don't need to transfer data/files, then by all means, use RDC (Remote Desktop Control) or Terminal Services or VNC or....well, you get the picture. And those are only the tip of the remote control software iceberg....but PcA is still one of the best all inclusive tools around.
