The basic problem:  I am trying to help someone by using remote assistance - remote desktop through MSN Messenger and am unable to get remote assistance to connect my computer with theirs.  Using "Ask for Remote Assistance" in MSN Messenger, he finds me in the contact list and ...

hi i have cable modem with a linksys router [BEFSR41] i set up one computer with RD and it works perfect. but i was wondering if i could set up another computer behind the firewall for the same purpose, [not having to go through one computer to get to the other]
i know i could ...

when i am connected remotely to the office, and when i try to copy a large
file, my computer shuts down and reboots. i have xp at home and in the
office.

Could someone please give me precise directions (if it's
actually possible) to allow me to control a Win98 PC via
a WinXP PC using Remote Desktop.
i.e. what do i need to install on the Win98 pc, where do

When I get a request for remote assistance, I connot open
the .McRcIncidient attachment that allows me to connect to
the requesting XP machine. My computer is running Win2k.
When I try to open the attachment, my pc gives me the

I am trying to access one computer on my home network from another one
(both running WinXP +SP1) using Remote Desktop connection but I can't
get things to work.
The symptom that I am struggling with is, that the client - when I try

i wanted to know if its possible to access a computer remotely wile an other user is logged in and using it at the same time?

I have an XP pro computer at home that I would like to
connect to from work.  However my work computer sits
behind the corporate firewall which has NAT enabled.  I
can't connect to my home computer.

will remote desktop work with aol???

I could use some assistance on resolving a problem for a
client of mine.  We are using the offline folder feature
of Windows XP Professional.  Recently, we changed the
primary/host computer's name from Teddybear to 2fl-floor.  

There is an "expert companion" book for Win2K published by Microsoft
Press, but I can't seem to find one for Windows XP. It is the systems
manual written in human readable format. The networking section was
the main reason I got it.

I'd like to use Remote Desktop to administer our Server 2003 server,
which is running a couple LocalServer apps, e.g., a mail server.  When
I remotely log in as the administrator I don't have access to these,
which do show up normally when I'm at the actual server logged in as

I have a router box at home, and some computers behind it.
I had everything configured correctly, and it all worked
fine until one day I couldn't connect to the pc behind the
router.  I can connect to the router box just fine.  I

I have used Remote Desktop for a long time now and I have
always been able to figure out problems but this one has
me baffeled.  I can remote destop into a computer over
the network and up until this weekend I could remote

I have 2 questions about remote desktop.  First, if I am
at work and log on remotely to my desktop, then surf the
web, is this through my works ISP or through mine.
Second, does the account I log into have to be the active