Re: Some kind of effective way to offer Remote Support

Ok...This is getting boring..

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...kb;en-us;308013

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"Sooner Al [MVP]" <SoonerAl@somewhere.net.invalid> wrote in message news:...
> Belay those four URL's... Use these instead... Google is doing me in today...:-)
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> http://support.microsoft.com/d*efau...b;en-us;3080*13
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301527/
> http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...kb;en-us;310629
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306496/
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> "Sooner Al [MVP]" <SoonerAl@somewhere.net.invalid> wrote in message news:...
>> This solution works over a network in a work group environment...
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>> http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.o...Assistance.html
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>> If your talking about a domain or trusted domain environment you could use the Remote Assistance
>> "Offer" functionality......instead of
>> waiting for the novice to ask for help...
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>> http://support.microsoft.com/d*efau...b;en-us;3080*13
>> http://support.microsoft.com/d*efau...b;en-us;3015*27
>> http://support.microsoft.com/d*efau...b;en-us;3106*29
>> http://support.microsoft.com/d*efau...b;en-us;3064*96
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>> Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
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>> "jepp" <jepp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B708819F-45D4-4331-ABE7-D3EC2D702959@microsoft.com...
>>>I want to do Remote Assistance for a number of clients. They boarder on the
>>> PC-illiterate and I really want to find a better solution than the Ask for
>>> Help scenario. It's caused me to maintain multiple dummy hotmail accounts and
>>> I still regularly am pulling my hair out just talking the remote user into
>>> successfully asking for help.
>>>
>>> There has got to be a better way. I've looked at the commercial offerings
>>> and feel they are cost prohibitive. I would never recover the costs from my
>>> clients.
>>>
>>> Is there a way I can configure a remote machine (or better yet have them
>>> insert a disk or something) that would allow me to take control of the
>>> desktop? I'm all for security and I'm all for them authorizing my access but
>>> I need something easy and manageable.
>>>
>>> I have access to and looked at SBS and terminal services but they seem to
>>> have their shortcomings as well.
>>>
>>> Your opinions and horror stories are welcome
>>>
>>> Thanks ALL
>>>
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