Abstract: A method of providing a remote computer with access to private software components on a source computer, includes the steps of: (a) creating proxy software components containing proxy functions corresponding to original functions in the private software components, wherein each proxy function invokes its corresponding original function in the private software component on the source computer via an instant remoting technology; (b) installing the proxy software components on the remote computer; and (c) providing the remote computer with instant remoting access to the source computer such that when a proxy function in the proxy software components on the remote computer is invoked, the invocation details are forwarded by the instant remoting technology to the corresponding original function in the private software components on the source computer and the result of the invocation is returned by the same instant remoting technology to the remote computer.