RE: Cannot offer remote assistance to clients

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Hello Jack,

Thank you for your reply.

I understand that you will check it soon.

If anything is unclear or there is anything I can do for you, feel free to
let me know.

Best regards,

Manfred Zhuang(MSFT)
Microsoft Online Newsgroup Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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| Thread-Topic: Cannot offer remote assistance to clients
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| Subject: RE: Cannot offer remote assistance to clients
| Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:02:07 -0700
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| Thanks for the reply.
| I would like to offer assistance via the internet. The first thing I need
to
| do is to check if port 3389 is opened on the client pc (firewall setting
and
| forward port on router). I can connect locally from XP to XP on any pc
but XP
| to Vista gives a problem.
| Thanks for the link
| --
| Thanks for the response
| Jack
|
|
| "Manfred Zhuang [MSFT]" wrote:
|
| > Hello Jack,
| >
| > Thank you for posting here.
| >
| > From your post, I understand that Remote Assistance cannot connect to
the
| > client workstations directly.
| >
| > Firstly I would like to confirm from where you would like to offer
remote
| > assistance. An internal computer or an external computer?
| >
| > If you would like to offer remote assistance to an internal client from
an
| > external computer, please understand we need to publish port 3389 on
the
| > internal client out to the Internet.
| >
| > If you tried to offer remote assistance from an internal computer,
Please
| > gather following information:
| >
| > 1. Did you try to offer remote assistance in Help and Support center?
If
| > yes, does the issue happen no matter you typed the computer name or
typed
| > the IP address?
| >
| > 2. If you ping the computer name and the IP address, what is the result?
| >
| > 3. Could you RDP to the client?
| >
| > 4. Does the issue happen for all the client workstations?
| >
| > 5. Please try to offer remote assistance from another computer and
check
| > the result.
| >
| > 6. Please check if other methods work. More information:
| > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457004.aspx
| >
| > Please try the above steps at your earliest convenience. If you have
any
| > concern, please feel free to let me know.
| >
| > Best regards,
| >
| > Manfred Zhuang(MSFT)
| > Microsoft Online Newsgroup Support
| >
| > Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
| >
| > =====================================================
| > This newsgroup only focuses on SBS technical issues. If you have issues
| > regarding other Microsoft products, you'd better post in the
corresponding
| > newsgroups so that they can be resolved in an efficient and timely
manner.
| > You can locate the newsgroup here:
| > http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx
| >
| > When opening a new thread via the web interface, we recommend you check
the
| > "Notify me of replies" box to receive e-mail notifications when there
are
| > any updates in your thread. When responding to posts via your
newsreader,
| > please "Reply to Group" so that others may learn and benefit from your
| > issue.
| >
| > Microsoft engineers can only focus on one issue per thread. Although we
| > provide other information for your reference, we recommend you post
| > different incidents in different threads to keep the thread clean. In
doing
| > so, it will ensure your issues are resolved in a timely manner.
| >
| > For urgent issues, you may want to contact Microsoft CSS directly.
Please
| > check http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers.
| >
| > Any input or comments in this thread are highly appreciated.
| > =====================================================
| >
| > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
| > --------------------
| > | Thread-Topic: Cannot offer remote assistance to clients
| > | thread-index: Acf0WR6I2yM7iT7GSRGa7DxMp/PscQ==
| > | X-WBNR-Posting-Host: 207.46.19.197
| > | From: =?Utf-8?B?aGlqYWNr?= <hijack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| > | Subject: Cannot offer remote assistance to clients
| > | Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:50:00 -0700
| > | Lines: 9
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| > | Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs
| > | Path: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl
| > | Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs:62143
| > | NNTP-Posting-Host: tk2msftsbfm01.phx.gbl 10.40.244.148
| > | X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs
| > |
| > | I cannot offer remote assistance to client pcs. The message returned
is
| > | Cannot locate pc or pc does not exist.
| > | I logon externally via the RWW page as an administrator, then logon
the
| > | server as administrator. Navigate to Server Management - Users-Offer
| > remote
| > | assistance- Use the computer name (as listed in the client
computers).
| > The
| > | client PC is turned on and loged on to the server.
| > | --
| > | Thanks for the help
| > | Jack
| > |
| >
| >
|

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