UltraVNC

I couldn't agree more. If the purpose is really to be a replacement for Logmein / GoToMyPC etc., then a similar level of simplicity needs to be a central design goal.

I currently use SC and I'm quite happy with its functionality -- right now I don't see the advantage of using PCHelpware because it ...

I don't quite follow what you mean by "clicking outside the zone of text"... I replaced the line with new text.

For a direct connection, you're saying I should just replace [HOST] with [DIRECT] in the syntax?

Sure - that should be immensely helpful.

Actually, the thing that ended up giving me the most trouble was renaming line 1 of the Host parameter in the helpfile:

[HOST]
Internet support
-connect 192.168.1.102:5500 -noregistry

I began to notice that every time I renamed "internet support" to ...

This wasn't very clear in the documentation, but that solves the problem nicely.

Thanks for your help.