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    charliec Posts: 61, Reputation: 6
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    Mar 13, 2008, 09:27 AM
    Connecting remotely to windows vista
    Hello
    I can connect remotely to my brothers laptop which runs vista using a program called 'instant house call'.
    I can see his desktop and move his mouse pointer , start applications etc but whenever I try to do anything like defrag his hard drive or try to install a program the connection is dropped , (looks like vista kicks me out) , any suggestions on how to stop this from happening?
    Thanks
    Charlie
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    progunr Posts: 1,971, Reputation: 288
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    Mar 13, 2008, 02:35 PM
    I would suggest he look at his fire wall settings, and if he can, enable you to get past it.

    That is probably the issue.
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    Mar 13, 2008, 06:10 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by charliec
    Hello
    I can connect remotely to my brothers laptop which runs vista using a program called 'instant house call'.
    I can see his desktop and move his mouse pointer , start applications ect but whenever I try to do anything like defrag his hard drive or try to install a program the connection is dropped , (looks like vista kicks me out) , any suggestions on how to stop this from happening?
    Thanks
    Charlie
    Installing a program on a computer running Vista generally causes the UAC prompt to come up, which may be what is kicking you out. Remote access programs tend to have a real problem with UAC in Vista. Try it out: access your brother's computer remotely and try to install a program. When you get kicked out, look at his computer, is there a pop up box that looks like this?

    If you are on the same network, you may want to consider using Remote Desktop
    Click here for directions on how to enable it in Vista.

    I am assuming that your computer is running Windows XP. Click here for directions on how to use Remote Desktop in Windows XP.

    Hope this helps.
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    Mar 14, 2008, 07:01 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by charliec
    Hello
    I can connect remotely to my brothers laptop which runs vista using a program called 'instant house call'.
    I can see his desktop and move his mouse pointer , start applications ect but whenever I try to do anything like defrag his hard drive or try to install a program the connection is dropped , (looks like vista kicks me out) , any suggestions on how to stop this from happening?
    Thanks
    Charlie
    Hey Charlie. I've been using Instant Housecall for the past couple years. Awesome tool.

    It works fine with UAC enabled on the Vista machine. You just make sure you've got the right settings:

    - Go to the administrator control panel in Instant Housecall
    - Make sure your download setting is "Hotline"
    - Ask your brother to re-download the software

    That will fix the problem.

    You can run a test when you connect if you want: go to start, run, regedit. You should be able to see (and click) the UAC prompt remotely.

    The Remote Desktop thing that agoodwin suggested will require some network configuration if your brother doesn't live in the same house as you. Instant Housecall will make it through the firewalls and routers without any trouble. Good luck!
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    Mar 14, 2008, 07:12 AM
    I would not try to defrag remotely. Defragging would definitely interrupt things that could cause a remote connection to be dropped.

    Looks like you've gotten good help on the other issues.

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