Harold Fuchs wrote: >A friend of mine is a complete novice with computers. She runs Windows XP Home >and has a broadband connection. Her ISP assigns her a (possibly) different IP >address every time she connects. > >I run XP Pro/SP2, have a broadband connection and my ISP has assigned me a >*fixed* IP address (yes, really). I'm comfortable installing and configuring >software. > >Can she and I each run some VNC-based software so that when we are both >running it we can do the following: > >1. I can see her desktop >2. I can see her mouse movements, selections and what happens when she clicks >on something - left, right, double click >3. I can take control of her mouse in such a way that she can see what I do >4. I can enter data from my keyboard into her computer > >I'm happy to run a server of some sort so that she connects to me or I'm happy >to ask her to run a server. Asking her what her current IP address is might be >a bit beyond her (sorry, that's not intended to be condescending). > >Is there some flavour of VNC which will do this? It needs to be *very* simple >for her to install. > >Would I be better off using Windows Remote Assistance? Something else? > >Harold Fuchs >London, England >_______________________________________________ >VNC-List mailing list >[email protected] >To remove yourself from the list visit: >http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > > > I think it is as easy as: start your VNCListeningViewer port forward your port 5500 to your pc [if behind router] adjust [open] your software firewall to allow port 5500 get her to right click her vnc icon and ADDCLIENT and put your IP address in the dialog
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