remote desktop software

[sic6six]

does any one know of a good remote desktop application that will work even through a router.

im after one i can use so if i leave my pc on at home and end up stopping at my girlfriends as a change of plan, i can acces it my pc from her house using either her pc or her laptop and either shut it down or do what ever i need to on the pc.

oh a little info i may need to give is i have a router and a switch plugged into it. i know the switch wont make much difference. but the router might. i have set my pc to dmz at the moment as im looking for a good local firewall that wont affect my connection too much. i have tried zone alarm but that crashed my pc and i had to do a system restore to fix it.

so i basically need a good firewall program and a good remote desktop program

 

[sic6six]

yeah i have a static ip. otherwise the router wouldnt keep my pc as a dmz would it?

 

[sic6six]

reason my pc is on dmz is because i was always having problems with webcam, and voice over the internet when i have the firewall set up on the router with my pc blocked. hence the reason i want to get a localized firewall so i can set it up with ease on my pc and allow and disallow things at the click of a buton. hence why i tied zone alarm which decided to bsod my pc on install 1st time. then when i un-installed it to check see if it was affecting my gameplay. i restarted my pc. it got to the desktop wallpaper but wouldnt load anything up like the taskbar and the desktop icons etc.