A free way to control a windows PC from a Mac

Hi all,
My folks live a few hundred miles away, and I often need to help them with something on their Windows laptop. (Don't worry - their next machine will definitely be a Mac, now that they have played with my iMac!)
I would like to be able to remotely control their machine from my Mac (similar to how this is achieved where I work using WinVNC)
Ideally this software would be free, or a few dollars. Again, needs to be able to install on the Mac to control the windows PC. It will never need to operate in the other direction (i.e. they won't need to control my machine!)
Can anyone help? I would be v grateful for the saved 'over the phone' support, and my parents would definitely appreciate it!!!
Cheers, Chris

The PC must be running Windows XP or Vista, and have Remote Assistance turned on. See:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/getstarted/remoteintro.mspx
In their router (if any), port 3389 will need to be open and forwarded to the PC's internal IP address. See:
http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/RemoteDesktopSetupandTrouble shooting.html

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