Monday, January 18, 2010

How do i take control remotely over internet of someone else's computer screen to show him something on excel

You can use the Remote Assistance offered in the Microsoft Messenger, please follow these steps:





The Remote Assistance feature allows one person in a conversation to give permission to another to take control of a computer to fix problems or change settings. The feature does not allow someone to take control of a computer without an invitation from the person using the computer.





In the conversation window, click Activities.


Under My Activities, click Remote Assistance.


After the invitation is accepted and both computers are connected, the person you have asked for help must click Take Control at the top of the Remote Assistance window to start using your computer.





To regain control of your computer, press ESC or click Stop Control.


Notes





Only one person can control the computer at a time.


While using Remote Assistance, you can type messages, talk (using the voice feature), and send files in the Remote Assistance window.





To use this feature, both computers must have Windows Messenger installed. Windows Messenger is included with Windows XP, and works in conjunction with MSN Messenger.


With Whiteboard, you can draw and type simultaneously with someone else.





In the conversation window, click the Activities button.


Under My Activities, click Whiteboard.


After the invitation is accepted and both computers are connected, the Whiteboard opens on both computers.





Start drawing.


To preserve the contents of the Whiteboard, click Lock Contents on the Whiteboard View menu.


To end the sharing session and close Whiteboard, click Close on the Sharing Session window.





Note:


To use this feature, both computers must have Windows Messenger installed. Windows Messenger is included with Windows XP, and works in conjunction with MSN Messenger.How do i take control remotely over internet of someone else's computer screen to show him something on excel
try gotomeeting.com. It's a pretty good easy, no pain, free (for a trial use).





You download their, I think Java, applet and it lets you display your computer desktop and also allows you to give someone else control of your computer. It's a service provided by Citrix to compete against the Webex market.How do i take control remotely over internet of someone else's computer screen to show him something on excel
If you want to connect to a pc remotely, you have to install client and server software for remote access.


Here's one thats free


http://www.tightvnc.com/


as long as you got a high speed internet network connection/lan, ip address of the remote pc, file transfer, printing etc is not a problem. Piece of cake!
you can use remote desktop(RDP) connection or net meeting if on winXP .


personally i would use Hamachi(which is a zero-config VPN ) and then run VNC or RDP to that remote computer and voila, you can do what you want


[for more information on hamachi, goto forums.hamachi.cc and check the faq's on running RDP or VNC]

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