Team Viewer

About the software

TeamViewer is an intuitive, fast and secure application for remote control and meetings. As an all-inone solution, TeamViewer can be used to:

  Provide ad-hoc remote support to colleagues, friends or customers.

  Administer Windows servers and workstations. You can run TeamViewer as a Windows 

system service. This allows you to access your computer even before you log into Windows.

  Connect to other platforms such as Mac OS X and Linux.

  Connect from Android or iOS mobile devices to Windows, Mac or Linux computers.

  Share your desktop for meetings, presentations or team work.

  Connect to your home computer while you are away and work on documents, check your emails or download images from your home computer and edit them.

  Connect to your work computer while you are away (such as when you are on a business trip 

and need important information).

TeamViewer works behind firewall barriers, NAT routers and proxies with no configuration necessary.

1.2  About the manual

This manual describes how to use TeamViewer to control a computer remotely.

Unless stated otherwise, the functionalities described always refer to the TeamViewer full version

for Microsoft Windows.

Instructions are given on the assumption that the TeamViewer full version is already installed on 

your computer. If you need help installing the program, read section 12, page 62 first.

For assistance with TeamViewer meeting functions, please read the separate TeamViewer Meeting 

Manual available on our website. 

The Mac OS and Linux versions are mostly identical to the Windows version, although some of the 

functions are not yet available. Feel free to use our free trial versions to get an idea of the various 

functions and contact our Support team if you need further assistance.

Mac OS, iPhone and iPad are trademarks of Apple Inc. Linux® is a registered trademark of Linus 

Torvalds in the US and other countries. Android is a trademark of Google Inc. Windows, Microsoft 

and Outlook are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the US and other countries. For 

simplification purposes, this manual refers to the operating systems Microsoft® Windows® 2000, 

Microsoft® Windows® XP, Microsoft® Windows® Vista and Microsoft® Windows® 7 simply as 

Or Alternatively download at Teamviewer 8.0