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I would like to be able to connect to an unattended remote computer via Chrome Remote Desktop but once I click Share in the Chrome plugin and the access code is displayed it times out in several minutes.

Is there a way to force the plugin to listen for incoming connections unconditionally without ever timing out?

The way it currently works only makes sense when two people are sitting at both ends and is a pain to use when you need to connect to an unattended computer because in this case, you need to use some other graphical connection protocol which defeats the entire idea of remote control.

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ccpizza
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What you are experiencing is a normal timeout, because of security concerns.

I had to research that a few hours ago for the same reasons. :-)

If you want to avoid the timeouts, then you must sign in on Chrome on both client and remote computers with the same google identifier (i.e. your email).

1 Configure your "remote" computer to accept remote connections

This obviously means you need to physically access that computer.

In the Chrome Remote Desktop page, the section that interests you is the "My Computers" sections.

There, you click on Enable Remote Connection, which will prompt you to create a password. You'll need that password later.

This will install a few things on your computer (I believe it at least changed the registry on my Windows).

2 Configure your "client" computer

In the same Chrome Remote Desktop page, in the section "My Computers", you'll see the computer you just added.

Click on it, enter the code (possibly checking the checkbox to avoid entering the password again at the next connection)

Et voilà...

Source: http://www.howtogeek.com/142146/how-to-use-google-chrome-to-remotely-access-your-computer/

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You may need to change your computer's timeout. If it enters sleep mode at any point, the connection will be terminated.

Go to settings -> System -> remote desktop -> make sure the "keep my computer awake for remote connections is checked. (You may need to adjust the settings to enable the checkbox to be checked.)

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The timeout is avoidable when the remote computer is running Windows/Mac/Linux, but not if it is a Chromebook (running Chrome OS).

More details from this support page (version as of today): per that page, Chrome Remote Desktop can be used to either “Set up remote access to your computer” (on Windows/Mac/Linux), or to “Share your computer with someone else” (on Windows/Mac/Linux/ChromeOS).

  • If you're using Windows, Mac or Linux on the computer you'd like to access remotely (in future), then from that computer (at a time when you have physical access to it) go to https://remotedesktop.google.com/access (sign in if necessary) and download the Chrome Remote Desktop application. Then you can set up that computer for remote access (the process is a bit more involved on Linux; details are on that page), and there will be no time out.

  • If you're using a Chromebook, you can only use the “share” mode, and in that case there's no avoiding the timeout: “If you are sharing your computer, you will be asked to confirm that you want to continue to share your computer every 30 minutes”.

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