win 2000 remote access

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I would like to gain access to my daughters win 2000
machine at school from my machine at home and can not find
any information on how it could be done, or IF it could be
done.

She is on a high speed network thru her school, and I am
on a cable modem, if it makes any difference.

The intent is to be able to log in to her machine to help
with software updates, maintenance, troubleshooting and
the like.

I did not find any help on the MS win 2000 support site.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Roy
 
Roy,
Do you know if her machine is behind a firewall or using firewall software?
The first step here is to verify you have a path to her computer from yours.

Can you ping her computer from yours? If not, then it may be behind a
firewall, or the port may be blocked.

If the port is blocked, you can check other ports using PortQry:
310099 Description of the Portqry.exe Command-Line Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310099

Also, many ISPs block the NetBIOS Ports, so standard Windows Networking
methods may not help. You may need something like NetMeeting, Terminal
Services, or a 3rd party solution to gain access.

I hope this information is helpful!
Jody Lockridge [MSFT]
 
Jody,

Thanks for the help. Now, can you can help this newby
again with how to ping her machine?

Roy
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Roy,
Do you know if her machine is behind a firewall or using firewall software?
The first step here is to verify you have a path to her computer from yours.

Can you ping her computer from yours? If not, then it may be behind a
firewall, or the port may be blocked.

If the port is blocked, you can check other ports using PortQry:
310099 Description of the Portqry.exe Command-Line Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310099

Also, many ISPs block the NetBIOS Ports, so standard Windows Networking
methods may not help. You may need something like NetMeeting, Terminal
Services, or a 3rd party solution to gain access.

I hope this information is helpful!
Jody Lockridge [MSFT]



royhink said:
I would like to gain access to my daughters win 2000
machine at school from my machine at home and can not find
any information on how it could be done, or IF it could be
done.

She is on a high speed network thru her school, and I am
on a cable modem, if it makes any difference.

The intent is to be able to log in to her machine to help
with software updates, maintenance, troubleshooting and
the like.

I did not find any help on the MS win 2000 support site.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Roy
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First thing you have to do is find out what here IP
address is (the basic identifier that allows computers to
talk). If you/she doesn't know it, the easiest way to find
out is to have her open a CMD prompt under
start\accessories. At the prompt (i.e. c:\>) just have her
type "ipconfig" without the quotes and press enter. It
will tell her IP address, subnet, and gateway. Then from
your puter, open CMD prompt, and type "ping 999.999.99.99"
using her IP number. Again, this is just the first step.
After that you still need a way to access and control it.
Cheap and easy way...MS Netmeeting. You can get it from MS
download site. There are other 3rd party programs you can
d/l and use from http://download.com.com/sort/3120-2001-0-
1-3.html?qt=pc+anywhere&ca=2001. This should help get you
started. Good luck.

Michael Doty, MCSE, CCNA
-----Original Message-----
Jody,

Thanks for the help. Now, can you can help this newby
again with how to ping her machine?

Roy
-----Original Message-----
Roy,
Do you know if her machine is behind a firewall or using firewall software?
The first step here is to verify you have a path to her computer from yours.

Can you ping her computer from yours? If not, then it
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may
be behind a
firewall, or the port may be blocked.

If the port is blocked, you can check other ports using PortQry:
310099 Description of the Portqry.exe Command-Line Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310099

Also, many ISPs block the NetBIOS Ports, so standard Windows Networking
methods may not help. You may need something like NetMeeting, Terminal
Services, or a 3rd party solution to gain access.

I hope this information is helpful!
Jody Lockridge [MSFT]



royhink said:
I would like to gain access to my daughters win 2000
machine at school from my machine at home and can not find
any information on how it could be done, or IF it
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If you have permissions and access to her system, it helps.
One method is the "gotomypc" service (their on the web) --
a 'server' process is loaded on her system which auto-loads
on boot. You then cna log-in with full control from
anywhere in the world via any web browser (I use this
service). For free, you might look to 'VNC' on the web --
a free, downloadable 'server' and 'viewer'. (I use VNC for
local LAN connected systems). There are likely some factors
for systems behind firewalls since those systems generally
have NAT (translated IP addresses) -- though 'gotomypc'
handles this issue. Just some thoughts.
-----Original Message-----
Jody,

Thanks for the help. Now, can you can help this newby
again with how to ping her machine?

Roy
-----Original Message-----
Roy,
Do you know if her machine is behind a firewall or using firewall software?
The first step here is to verify you have a path to her computer from yours.

Can you ping her computer from yours? If not, then it may be behind a
firewall, or the port may be blocked.

If the port is blocked, you can check other ports using PortQry:
310099 Description of the Portqry.exe Command-Line Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310099

Also, many ISPs block the NetBIOS Ports, so standard Windows Networking
methods may not help. You may need something like NetMeeting, Terminal
Services, or a 3rd party solution to gain access.

I hope this information is helpful!
Jody Lockridge [MSFT]



royhink said:
I would like to gain access to my daughters win 2000
machine at school from my machine at home and can not find
any information on how it could be done, or IF it could be
done.

She is on a high speed network thru her school, and I am
on a cable modem, if it makes any difference.

The intent is to be able to log in to her machine to help
with software updates, maintenance, troubleshooting and
the like.

I did not find any help on the MS win 2000 support site.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Roy
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