Compared with Windows 98 and Windows 2000, Windows XP has more powerful network functions, but how much do you use this powerful network function? Now let's experience the remote operation in Windows XP. Remote Assistance
For me and other rookies, there are some problems that I can't solve myself. I probably will find friends around me to help, but every time I have troubles people to go to the door, I will be embarrassed when I am long. Sometimes a friend may not be able to solve it personally, and he can't tell the phone. This is good. Fortunately, with the remote assistance of Windows XP, as long as the network, friends can personally operate the problematic computer thousands of miles away, solve the problem step by step. To use Remote Assistance, you must first meet certain conditions, that is, both computers have Windows XP operating system installed; and in order to achieve better results, you have to have a fast network connection, and you must have a public network IP, if one party is Inside the LAN, some settings on the network may cause remote assistance to fail. Another point is that remote assistance can only solve problems that are not too serious (at least the computer can still access the Internet). If the problem is serious and the system cannot start normally, then remote assistance will not be available. Get ready to start after satisfying these conditions! Here we simulate a demonstration of two users for remote assistance, where the A user's computer has encountered some minor problems, and the B user helps him through the network. Send invitation: For user A, the easiest way is to send the invitation file to user B by email. A Click "Invite your friends to connect to your computer with Remote Assistance" in the "Request Help" section of "Start - Help and Support", and the interface of Figure 1 will appear. Figure 1 If you have sent an invitation, you can also view some details and status of past invitations here. If you only need to send a new invitation, just click "Invite someone to help you", then the window in Figure 2 appears. Figure 2 Here you can use two methods to invite others, namely Windows Messenger and email. First look at how to invite by email. Enter User B's email address at "Type an email address" and click "Invite this person", then you can enter some messages you want to be seen by User B, such as a general description of the problem you encountered and you I hope that he can help you wait, click "Continue" after inputting, and the interface of Figure 3 will appear. Figure 3: You can set the expiration time of the invitation for security. For some small problems, it usually takes one hour to expire, and you are enough. You can also protect this invitation with a password. If User B wants to connect to your computer through this remote assistance file, you must enter a pre-set password. You need to tell him by phone or other means. When using email to invite others, you need to be aware that you must specify a default email client program on your computer. For example, OE, Outlook, Foxmail, etc., which we usually send and receive emails. Be aware that when you use email to invite someone to help, after you send the invitation letter, make sure that the IP address has not changed, otherwise the other party will not be able to find you. If you want to invite friends using Windows Messenger, both of them must have Windows Messenger open (note that Windows Messenger is required instead of MSN Messenger, although the names are similar but they are never equivalent), then in the dialog window with User B. Click "Seek Remote Assistance" in the "I want to..." directory, and then you can wait for User B to accept the invitation. Or you can select an online contact direct invitation in the interface of Figure 2. Accept the invitation: User B can accept your invitation via email or Windows Messenger. If it is an email, the email received from B will have an attachment with the file name rcBuddy.MsRcIncident. Double-click the file and enter the password (if needed) to start remote assistance. In Windows Messenger, it's even simpler. Just agree to accept the invitation from the other party and you can start connecting. Start Assistance: When User B starts to connect to A's computer, A's computer will pop up a window asking if B connection is allowed (Figure 4). Figure 4 A needs to click "Yes". Note that B can only view A's screen at this time without control. At this point, both parties can try to solve the problem by looking at the screen and typing a dialogue. If B can't solve the problem just by looking at the screen, you can try to gain control. Click "Get Control" on User B's Remote Assistance window, and then you need A's consent. After agreeing, B can directly operate A's computer in his remote assistance window (Figure 5). Figure 5 If the network conditions are good enough, the two parties can also voice dialogue and send files during the assistance process. For your safety, remember to delete the invitation in the help and support after the assistance is over. Remote Desktop
Imagine that one day you arrive at the unit and find that the computer at home is not closed, or that an unmanned computer in the distance needs maintenance and you cannot reach the scene. What should I do if I encounter this situation? It's easy to do with remote desktops. By default, Windows XP's Remote Desktop feature is disabled. To enable it, right click on the "My Computer" icon and select "Properties" to open the System Properties dialog and open the "Remote" tab. Check "Allow users to connect to this computer remotely" and click the "Select User" button to select which users are allowed to connect remotely (Figure 6). Once set, you can start. Figure 6 Remote Desktop has no special requirements for the operating system. For Windows XP, just click "Start - All Programs - Accessories - Communications - Remote Desktop Connection"; for Windows 98 or other versions, you can directly put the XP CD into the CD-ROM drive. On the autorun interface, click "Execute other tasks - set up Remote Desktop Connection", and then follow the wizard settings. After opening the remote desktop connection, the interface of Figure 7 will appear. Enter the IP of the computer you want to connect to and the username and password you use to log in, and click "Connect". Wait a moment to get started. Figure 7 There are several issues to be aware of for remote desktops: For Windows XP Professional, users who have logged in locally when logging in to the system through the network remote desktop function will be logged out. This is a system feature that cannot be resolved. Windows Server 2003 Remote Desktop does not have this limitation. In addition, only the Professional version of Windows XP has the function of remote desktop, the Home version does not. However, the Home version can be used as a remote login client. Due to security concerns, user accounts without passwords cannot be used for remote desktop login. Remote management of the registry In fact, we can do too much operation on the remote computer through the network. Try running regedit to open the registry editor, then click "Connect to the network registry" under the "File" menu, select a computer in the LAN to try, is it easy to get some of the registry data of the remote computer (the other party The Remote Registry service must be running). You can also view more information about remote computers by adding console options after running MMC. If there is a domain in the LAN, the network function of Windows will be more powerful. These related contents can look at the help of Windows and some documents on the Internet. I won't say more here. Security Issues
Through the above experiments we already know that connecting to a remote computer is not a difficult thing. In the past, some Trojan horse programs may need to be secretly implanted, but the remote operation function built into the system now becomes a super large Trojan if it is used improperly, so the security problem becomes more and more prominent. First, if you are not going to use Remote Assistance and Remote Desktop features on your computer, you should disable them under the Remote tab of the System Properties. You can also disable the Remote Registry service by running Services.msc to open the service configuration dialog. Second, if you need to use these features, you can only consider the security of the user account. Remember to disable the Guest account, it is best to rename the Administrator account. And each account can be set to a strong password, the number of passwords can not be too short, you can not use ready-made English words or any commemorative date and other numbers, it is best to mix letters and numbers. With this setup, your system should be safer, and your remote capabilities will not be affected.