Thanks for all the suggestions for this query. Some suggestions were sent directly to me rather than to the list, so for info it looks like the student and her tutor might want to try the following methods of screen sharing:- Free - https://join.me/ Free for non-commercial use - http://www.teamviewer.com/ Free http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Set-up-a-computer-to-computer-ad-hoc-network All these require both the student and her tutors laptop to be connected to the internet. Paid (still requires network connection) http://www.realvnc.com Finally - no network required solutions - No suggestions yet... Best wishes Ian Francis On 24/10/2011 08:48, Neil Cottrell wrote: > Hi Ian, > > This is an extremely simple and effective solution that's free and requires no hardware. However both the lecturer's and student's machines must be connected to the internet. > > https://join.me/ > > All the best, > > Neil Cottrell > LexAble >