Remote desktop access

Hi
Am hoping to get some help to connect to my sisters pc to iron out som
problem as she lives the other end of the country has anyone used thi
program is it suitable or maybe there is another i should use instea
can vyou recemend anything that would allow me to connect to my sister
Pc and have a butchers:geek: there may be a problem as i have Vist
ultimate and the Pc i wish to connect too is XP
please could you advise Thanks Dav

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Davy644

If she and you are both on MSN messenger, she should be able to send you a
remote assistance request
Actions>Request remote assistance...

I have used Hamachi or the remote desktop.
But those require a little setup.

"Davy644" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Hi
> Am hoping to get some help to connect to my sisters pc to iron out some
> problem as she lives the other end of the country has anyone used this
> program is it suitable or maybe there is another i should use instead
> can vyou recemend anything that would allow me to connect to my sisters
> Pc and have a butchers:geek: there may be a problem as i have Vista
> ultimate and the Pc i wish to connect too is XP
> please could you advise Thanks Davy
>
>
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> Davy644

hello Davy, welcome to the vista forums, arty:
unless your sisters machine is XP professional [not home] then the
built-in remote desktop in windows won't work,.

this would suggest you use a VNC type program to achieve the link, one
I use successfully is ultraVNC, which is totally free

'UltraVNC: Remote Support Software, Remote Support tool, Remote Desktop
Control, Remote Access Software, PC Remote Control'
(http://www.uvnc.com/)

Others are available, just do a search for VNC freeware and you should
see plenty of response

You could also take a look at one of the online remote access providers
such as LogMeIn

https://secure.logmein.com/home.asp?lang=en

hope this helps


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barman58

Regards,
*Nigel*
the beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not
understand.,- frank herbert

Hi,

As others have pointed out, there are third party solutions that will likely
be easier to use.

To answer the question: For you to do this she will need to have XP Pro and
install the IIS components, then provide you with a user account name and
password (you cannot use an unpassworded account) as well as her external
IP. If she is behind a router, she will need to set up port forwarding on
3389 to the systems internal IP. For the external IP, she can either obtain
it from the router or a site like www.whatismyip.com Note that while you are
logged in to her machine, she will not be able to use it or see what you are
doing.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Davy644" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Hi
> Am hoping to get some help to connect to my sisters pc to iron out some
> problem as she lives the other end of the country has anyone used this
> program is it suitable or maybe there is another i should use instead
> can vyou recemend anything that would allow me to connect to my sisters
> Pc and have a butchers:geek: there may be a problem as i have Vista
> ultimate and the Pc i wish to connect too is XP
> please could you advise Thanks Davy
>
>
> --
> Davy644

A great tool to use in tihs case would be Techinline Remote Desktop
'Techinline Remote Desktop' (http://www.techinline.com) I use it all the
time to access my clients' computers and since it doesn't require any
installation on either end, it's very easy to use and reliable


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Am spoilt for choicearty:
Say would i be able to install for instance CC cleaner onto her PC from
my end or should i have her install it first,
Thanks in advance i appreciate it


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Davy644

Davy644 wrote:
> Am spoilt for choicearty:
> Say would i be able to install for instance CC cleaner onto her PC from
> my end or should i have her install it first,
> Thanks in advance i appreciate it
>
>


You can do whatever she can do, just download it and install. If by some
chance a reboot is required you can do that and just wait for it to come
back up as long as the software at her end is running as a service and
autostarts. Depending If you use other than RDP you may have a setting
for this so read the docs...

Davy644 wrote:
> Am spoilt for choicearty:
> Say would i be able to install for instance CC cleaner onto her PC from
> my end or should i have her install it first,
> Thanks in advance i appreciate it

If you're not admin on the machine, then you can't install it, so you
would have to login to her machine using her admin account remotely.

You either let her download it and she installs it, or you download it
to her machine by logging into the machine remotely and then doing the
install on her machine.

You can also transmit a file from your machine to her machine using a
remote desktop solution too, which as I recall, she can pull the file
from your machine to her machine using a remote desktop solution.