remote desktop/assistance

[Thomas Wendell]

My brother (who is not interested in reading newsgroups), asks where to get
detailed or step-by-step instructions to set up either remote assistance or
some kind of remote desktop between our machines. He's got a WinXPhome, I've
got W98E. Where both on cable, so speed is not a big issue..

TIA

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Since you have Win98, Remote Assistance/Remote Desktop doesn't exist for
you, as it does in XP machines. However, you can still use NetMeeting's
Application Sharing feature to do what you wish. For your brother,
NetMeeting is installed on XP, its just not obvious that it is. He needs to
click Start, Run and enter CONF.EXE to start the setup wizard.

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Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
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"Thomas Wendell" > wrote in message
...
> My brother (who is not interested in reading newsgroups), asks where to
get
> detailed or step-by-step instructions to set up either remote assistance
or
> some kind of remote desktop between our machines. He's got a WinXPhome,
I've
> got W98E. Where both on cable, so speed is not a big issue..
>
> TIA
>
>

[tonton]

download the client for your win98 machine:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/rdclientdl.asp

"Thomas Wendell" > wrote in message
...
> My brother (who is not interested in reading newsgroups), asks where to
get
> detailed or step-by-step instructions to set up either remote assistance
or
> some kind of remote desktop between our machines. He's got a WinXPhome,
I've
> got W98E. Where both on cable, so speed is not a big issue..
>
> TIA
>
>

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

I see I need to make a correction. You could remote into his machine, but
not vice-versa, without NetMeeting or other software.

--
Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
--------------------------------
Associate Expert
ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
--------------------------------
Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
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"Doug Knox MS-MVP" > wrote in message
...
> Since you have Win98, Remote Assistance/Remote Desktop doesn't exist for
> you, as it does in XP machines. However, you can still use NetMeeting's
> Application Sharing feature to do what you wish. For your brother,
> NetMeeting is installed on XP, its just not obvious that it is. He needs
to
> click Start, Run and enter CONF.EXE to start the setup wizard.
>
> --
> Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
> http://www.dougknox.com
> --------------------------------
> Associate Expert
> ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> --------------------------------
> Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
> Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
>
> "Thomas Wendell" > wrote in message
> ...
> > My brother (who is not interested in reading newsgroups), asks where to
> get
> > detailed or step-by-step instructions to set up either remote assistance
> or
> > some kind of remote desktop between our machines. He's got a WinXPhome,
> I've
> > got W98E. Where both on cable, so speed is not a big issue..
> >
> > TIA
> >
> >
>
>

[Thomas Wendell]

As a PC-support person (even though ex-, and XP is unknown for me), I'm the
one who needs to get into his machine sometimes...(file transfers would of
course also be nice to have).

Step-by-step somewhere??
(We were explicitly forbidden using remote control software at ex-workplace
(government))


--
Most of my answers are learned on ms.public.xxx.xxx
Helsinki, Finland (remove spam_)




"Doug Knox MS-MVP" > kirjoitti viestissä
...
> I see I need to make a correction. You could remote into his machine, but
> not vice-versa, without NetMeeting or other software.
>
> --
> Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
> http://www.dougknox.com
> --------------------------------
> Associate Expert
> ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> --------------------------------
> Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
> Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
>
> "Doug Knox MS-MVP" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Since you have Win98, Remote Assistance/Remote Desktop doesn't exist for
> > you, as it does in XP machines. However, you can still use NetMeeting's
> > Application Sharing feature to do what you wish. For your brother,
> > NetMeeting is installed on XP, its just not obvious that it is. He
needs
> to
> > click Start, Run and enter CONF.EXE to start the setup wizard.
> >
> > --
> > Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
> > Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
> > http://www.dougknox.com
> > --------------------------------
> > Associate Expert
> > ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> > --------------------------------
> > Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
> > Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
> >
> > "Thomas Wendell" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > My brother (who is not interested in reading newsgroups), asks where
to
> > get
> > > detailed or step-by-step instructions to set up either remote
assistance
> > or
> > > some kind of remote desktop between our machines. He's got a
WinXPhome,
> > I've
> > > got W98E. Where both on cable, so speed is not a big issue..
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

You need to download the Remote Desktop Client,
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/rdclientdl.asp and install
it on your 98 machine.

On the XP machine, your brother needs to go to Control Panel, System, Remote
tab and enable Allow users to connect remotely to this computer. You will
need an account on the XP machine, with a password, or you can use his
account. However, in either case the account must have a password.

To connect to his computer, you need to know his IP address. Just start
the Remote Desktop Client on the 98 machine and enter the IP address. As
long as you can connect to his computer, you'll get a logon dialog for XP.
Log on, and its just like you're there.

If your brother's computer is behind a router, you need to allow port 3389
through and forward it to the destination machine's (your brother's PC) LAN
address.

See http://www.remotenetworktechnology.com/ for more information on this
topic (site appears to be down right now).

--
Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
--------------------------------
Associate Expert
ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
--------------------------------
Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.

"Thomas Wendell" > wrote in message
...
> As a PC-support person (even though ex-, and XP is unknown for me), I'm
the
> one who needs to get into his machine sometimes...(file transfers would of
> course also be nice to have).
>
> Step-by-step somewhere??
> (We were explicitly forbidden using remote control software at
ex-workplace
> (government))
>
>
> --
> Most of my answers are learned on ms.public.xxx.xxx
> Helsinki, Finland (remove spam_)
>
>
>
>
> "Doug Knox MS-MVP" > kirjoitti viestissä
> ...
> > I see I need to make a correction. You could remote into his machine,
but
> > not vice-versa, without NetMeeting or other software.
> >
> > --
> > Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
> > Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
> > http://www.dougknox.com
> > --------------------------------
> > Associate Expert
> > ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> > --------------------------------
> > Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
> > Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
> >
> > "Doug Knox MS-MVP" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Since you have Win98, Remote Assistance/Remote Desktop doesn't exist
for
> > > you, as it does in XP machines. However, you can still use
NetMeeting's
> > > Application Sharing feature to do what you wish. For your brother,
> > > NetMeeting is installed on XP, its just not obvious that it is. He
> needs
> > to
> > > click Start, Run and enter CONF.EXE to start the setup wizard.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
> > > Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
> > > http://www.dougknox.com
> > > --------------------------------
> > > Associate Expert
> > > ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> > > --------------------------------
> > > Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
> > > Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
> > >
> > > "Thomas Wendell" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > My brother (who is not interested in reading newsgroups), asks where
> to
> > > get
> > > > detailed or step-by-step instructions to set up either remote
> assistance
> > > or
> > > > some kind of remote desktop between our machines. He's got a
> WinXPhome,
> > > I've
> > > > got W98E. Where both on cable, so speed is not a big issue..
> > > >
> > > > TIA
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>