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remote assistance
Is it still in XP somewhere? I ask because:
When I have a remote computer execute the "Remote Assistance" program, the remote computer gets the window, and then uses email to send the request to me. The email comes in with an attachment and a hyperlink in the body: You can easily provide assistance from your computer by following the instructions at: http://windows.microsoft.com/RemoteAssistance/RA.asp That link is bad, taking me to a web page that says, "Something didn't work as planned." Real informative! So, I launch the attachment which asks if I want to connect. I say yes. Then I get an error msg window from Remote Assistance: "A Remote Assistance connection could not be established because the DNS name of the remote computer could not be resolved." So how is one supposed to use Remote Assistance over the Internet with two XP computers? Both of these computers are behind a broadband router using NAT. Thx. -- Bill |
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Hi
Maybe this can Help, http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...technical.mspx Jack (MS, MVP-Networking) "Bill H." wrote in message ... Is it still in XP somewhere? I ask because: When I have a remote computer execute the "Remote Assistance" program, the remote computer gets the window, and then uses email to send the request to me. The email comes in with an attachment and a hyperlink in the body: You can easily provide assistance from your computer by following the instructions at: http://windows.microsoft.com/RemoteAssistance/RA.asp That link is bad, taking me to a web page that says, "Something didn't work as planned." Real informative! So, I launch the attachment which asks if I want to connect. I say yes. Then I get an error msg window from Remote Assistance: "A Remote Assistance connection could not be established because the DNS name of the remote computer could not be resolved." So how is one supposed to use Remote Assistance over the Internet with two XP computers? Both of these computers are behind a broadband router using NAT. Thx. -- Bill |
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Hi
Maybe this can Help, http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...technical.mspx Jack (MS, MVP-Networking) "Bill H." wrote in message ... Is it still in XP somewhere? I ask because: When I have a remote computer execute the "Remote Assistance" program, the remote computer gets the window, and then uses email to send the request to me. The email comes in with an attachment and a hyperlink in the body: You can easily provide assistance from your computer by following the instructions at: http://windows.microsoft.com/RemoteAssistance/RA.asp That link is bad, taking me to a web page that says, "Something didn't work as planned." Real informative! So, I launch the attachment which asks if I want to connect. I say yes. Then I get an error msg window from Remote Assistance: "A Remote Assistance connection could not be established because the DNS name of the remote computer could not be resolved." So how is one supposed to use Remote Assistance over the Internet with two XP computers? Both of these computers are behind a broadband router using NAT. Thx. -- Bill |
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Well, if I read that faq correctly, RA won't work across the Internet unless
both computers have public IP addresses. --Bill "Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote in message ... Hi Maybe this can Help, http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...technical.mspx Jack (MS, MVP-Networking) "Bill H." wrote in message ... Is it still in XP somewhere? I ask because: When I have a remote computer execute the "Remote Assistance" program, the remote computer gets the window, and then uses email to send the request to me. The email comes in with an attachment and a hyperlink in the body: You can easily provide assistance from your computer by following the instructions at: http://windows.microsoft.com/RemoteAssistance/RA.asp That link is bad, taking me to a web page that says, "Something didn't work as planned." Real informative! So, I launch the attachment which asks if I want to connect. I say yes. Then I get an error msg window from Remote Assistance: "A Remote Assistance connection could not be established because the DNS name of the remote computer could not be resolved." So how is one supposed to use Remote Assistance over the Internet with two XP computers? Both of these computers are behind a broadband router using NAT. Thx. -- Bill |
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Well, if I read that faq correctly, RA won't work across the Internet unless
both computers have public IP addresses. --Bill "Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote in message ... Hi Maybe this can Help, http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...technical.mspx Jack (MS, MVP-Networking) "Bill H." wrote in message ... Is it still in XP somewhere? I ask because: When I have a remote computer execute the "Remote Assistance" program, the remote computer gets the window, and then uses email to send the request to me. The email comes in with an attachment and a hyperlink in the body: You can easily provide assistance from your computer by following the instructions at: http://windows.microsoft.com/RemoteAssistance/RA.asp That link is bad, taking me to a web page that says, "Something didn't work as planned." Real informative! So, I launch the attachment which asks if I want to connect. I say yes. Then I get an error msg window from Remote Assistance: "A Remote Assistance connection could not be established because the DNS name of the remote computer could not be resolved." So how is one supposed to use Remote Assistance over the Internet with two XP computers? Both of these computers are behind a broadband router using NAT. Thx. -- Bill |
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remote assistance
it will work behind UPnP NAT devices like routers. see
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/usi...d/default.mspx and run it on both ends. On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 23:07:37 -0800, "Bill H." wrote: Well, if I read that faq correctly, RA won't work across the Internet unless both computers have public IP addresses. --Bill "Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote in message ... Hi Maybe this can Help, http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...technical.mspx Jack (MS, MVP-Networking) "Bill H." wrote in message ... Is it still in XP somewhere? I ask because: When I have a remote computer execute the "Remote Assistance" program, the remote computer gets the window, and then uses email to send the request to me. The email comes in with an attachment and a hyperlink in the body: You can easily provide assistance from your computer by following the instructions at: http://windows.microsoft.com/RemoteAssistance/RA.asp That link is bad, taking me to a web page that says, "Something didn't work as planned." Real informative! So, I launch the attachment which asks if I want to connect. I say yes. Then I get an error msg window from Remote Assistance: "A Remote Assistance connection could not be established because the DNS name of the remote computer could not be resolved." So how is one supposed to use Remote Assistance over the Internet with two XP computers? Both of these computers are behind a broadband router using NAT. Thx. -- Bill -- Barb Bowman MS-MVP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/ http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com |
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remote assistance
it will work behind UPnP NAT devices like routers. see
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/usi...d/default.mspx and run it on both ends. On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 23:07:37 -0800, "Bill H." wrote: Well, if I read that faq correctly, RA won't work across the Internet unless both computers have public IP addresses. --Bill "Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote in message ... Hi Maybe this can Help, http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...technical.mspx Jack (MS, MVP-Networking) "Bill H." wrote in message ... Is it still in XP somewhere? I ask because: When I have a remote computer execute the "Remote Assistance" program, the remote computer gets the window, and then uses email to send the request to me. The email comes in with an attachment and a hyperlink in the body: You can easily provide assistance from your computer by following the instructions at: http://windows.microsoft.com/RemoteAssistance/RA.asp That link is bad, taking me to a web page that says, "Something didn't work as planned." Real informative! So, I launch the attachment which asks if I want to connect. I say yes. Then I get an error msg window from Remote Assistance: "A Remote Assistance connection could not be established because the DNS name of the remote computer could not be resolved." So how is one supposed to use Remote Assistance over the Internet with two XP computers? Both of these computers are behind a broadband router using NAT. Thx. -- Bill -- Barb Bowman MS-MVP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/ http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com |
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Some non-MS email programs add a file extension name to the RA file name.
Outlook, Windows Mail and OE do not as far as I know. I would check for that... -- Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows – Desktop User Experience) This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights... The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com |
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Some non-MS email programs add a file extension name to the RA file name.
Outlook, Windows Mail and OE do not as far as I know. I would check for that... -- Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows – Desktop User Experience) This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights... The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com |
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