Since this has not been updated by MS in quitesometime, Netmeeting as of now has serious limitations - most prominent being not being able to connect to user behind routers . For the general user this would mean going into router and playing around with settings.. not a very pretty task for average Joe...
Sunday afternoon, and got a call from Home.. PC almost dead.. need to troubleshoot it. Being some thousand kms away, the only thing that came to mind was netmeeting. Folks being not too tech savvy, other options were ruled out. Somehow I never liked remote desktop and too bad I dont have XP Pro edition.
Googled for simpler alternatives and yes.. they do exist to make life easy ->
The link above contains links to some easy to use and simple screen sharing tool. And Crossloop tops the list. Not without a reason. Its simple, no nonese approach.. and the best its free.
So herez a mini how-to on how to use this to connect to your PC remotely (assuming both are running MS OS) and get your taks done.. or maybe help someone out by troubleshooting:
Download Crossloop(Very small, approx 2.5 MB):
Install it and run it once installation is complete.
You can skip the registration process to create account. Simply click on Skip in the bottom right hand corner of application screen
NOTE : The software needs to be installed on both the machines .
You will see two tabs- Access Share
If you want to access someones PC:
For You:
Ask the person (remote) to send you their access code.
Click on Access Tab
Put the access code (incl space between numbers)
Click Connect
For Person on remote machine:
Click on Connect.
And yes.. you are done!!
after few moments, your status should be connected and you can see the remote desktop. You can use it to perform taks, share files etc.
Easy,simple, short.. I liked it. It saved my day and hopefully you will find it useful too...
