How to use "Remote assistance" on a small LAN

[Daniel]

Hi everybody;

Not a pbm, just a question.

I have a small LAN at home with a desktop PC connected to a modem router by
means of an Ethernet cable, and a laptop connected to the router thru a
Wi-Fi connection. Everything works fine.
Both computers use XP SP1.

May be it's a silly question but...How can I use the remote assistance
feature to "maintain", to take control over the desktop from my LapTop, to
save me from running up and down the stairs ? I do not have any dedicated
mail address for each computer.

Many thks for your kind help.
With best regards,
Daniel

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

I would turn on the Remote Desktop feature. (Right click on My computer and
go to the Remote tab. Check the bottom box.) At this point, it is simple
as launching the remote desktop connection program and putting in the Name
(or IP address) of the desktop, click connect, and supply the
userid/password of the account that you use to login with.

 

[Daniel]

Hello neo,

Many thanks for your quick reply. I will try all this.

Best regards,
Daniel


As I have the french version of Win XP, I am not sure what

 

[Alex Nichol]

I have a small LAN at home with a desktop PC connected to a modem router by
means of an Ethernet cable, and a laptop connected to the router thru a
Wi-Fi connection. Everything works fine.
Both computers use XP SP1.

May be it's a silly question but...How can I use the remote assistance
feature to "maintain", to take control over the desktop from my LapTop, to
save me from running up and down the stairs ? I do not have any dedicated
mail address for each computer.

Remote assistance is not really appropriate for this. What you need is
"Remote Desktop", which is only available if the remote machine you want
to control has XP Pro, in which case you enable it in System - Remote.
Look up the topic in Help and Support

 

[Daniel]

Hello Alex,

Many tks for your message. In fact I tried"Remote desktop" but it didn't
work. Now I understand that the reason is probably because both PCs on the
network use Windows XP Home edition.

I also tried to use MSN Messenger and Windows Messenger, to no avail. It
seems that I cannot establish a connection.

What do you think I could try ? Is there any windows or third party software
which could allow me to take control over the desktop from my laptop ?

Tks again for your time and kind help.
Best regards,
daniel

 

[Malke]

Hello Alex,

Many tks for your message. In fact I tried"Remote desktop" but it
didn't work. Now I understand that the reason is probably because both
PCs on the network use Windows XP Home edition.

I also tried to use MSN Messenger and Windows Messenger, to no avail.
It seems that I cannot establish a connection.

What do you think I could try ? Is there any windows or third party
software which could allow me to take control over the desktop from my
laptop ?

pcAnywhere works well, and for a less expensive alternative you can look
at RealVNC here:

http://www.realvnc.com/

Malke

 

[Daniel]

Hello Malke,

Thanks a lot for your message. I will try RealVNC first, and come back with
the results.
Best regards,
Daniel

 

[Mark]

What do you think I could try ? Is there any windows or third party
software which could allow me to take control over the desktop from
my laptop ?

I use TightVNC http://www.tightvnc.com/
The development version 1.3dev5 works nicely here and offers some additional
control benefits.
Run the TightVNC server on the machine you want to take control of.
Open the TightVNC client on the other machine, type in the IP address of the
server computer and away you go.

Mark