From the looks of things, Winblows Remote Desktop doesn't seem to quite as popular among my fellow wx-geeks as logmein and teamviewer.
I've done some playing with all three in the past week. Here are some brief observations...
Windows Remote Desktop. Not happening. Might be fine over a solid VPN or VLAN, but way too clunky for my needs.
LogMeIn. Extremely simple to setup. The free version doesn't do everything, but it does enough for quick remote fixes of stuff. There are workarounds for the features that the free version doesn't have (like file xfer) and the web-based UI is quite fast. It saves time by moving only the outline of active windows (and then updating when dropped) rather than the entire graphical window. One drawback I have found is that it blows away my desktop wallpaper when I access remotely, and I have to put it back when I am in front of the box. (It's just a stupid little graphic centered in the screen, so I can remember which computer I am logged into). Access from my laptop over 802.11 at various public hotspots is acceptable for speed and display. My 1920x1080 display with small icons is still usable and viewable when accessed (using full-screen mode) from my 1024x768 laptop, even with the downscale binning. When connected, your keyboard and mouse are controlling the remote pc, unless you escape out, and that is nice for when you use keyboard shortcuts. Since you get the feeling you are in front of that PC, it would be really easy to use windows-key shortcuts and maybe mess up something on your local box thinking you were conrolling the remote box, so that is a great feature.
TeamViewer. Quick download of the "full" package and quick installation using their wizrd. The client software is great because you get a full-screen mode with scaling, and a file-xfer api which work very well. I think I will install this on my mother's computer. That will make things a lot easier to fix when she calls for tech suppport, because now she just waits with a broken computer for me to visit, because it is a bit much for her to talk tech with anyone, especially with a heavy accent and little patience for an 80-y/o technophobe. I'm not as impressed with their web-based access, although it is great that it is available, since I may need access sometimes (most of the time) from a PC that doesn't have the TVr client app installed. It cuts the colors way down and there are some strange artifacts as well. This is probably because they update the full-screen when moving a window around, not just a frame, like with logmein. LMI finds the bandwidth by eliminating wallpaper and dragging frames, and TV does it by crunching your colors. That's the tradeoff I see. The TVr web app doesn't have full-screen or file xfer modes. Teamviewer doesn't lock the keyboard to the remote app. You have to add control-keys and/or enable checkboxes to simulate hotkey combos on the remote pc.
Overall, I'd grade them about the same. It comes down to preference at this point. I think I will leave them both on my main home-pc and my wx-laptop for more extensive testing during our big summer trip.