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| Thread ID: 53682 | 2005-01-24 08:10:00 | Windows Firewall and Remote Assistance | Finn (2140) | Press F1 |
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| 317541 | 2005-01-24 08:10:00 | I have recently installed SP2 and notice that Remote Assistance is ticked in the Exceptions tab of Windows Firewall. Nothing else is ticked and I wonder if this is the default setting. Any ideas would be appreciated. | Finn (2140) | ||
| 317542 | 2005-01-24 08:25:00 | I have recently installed SP2 and notice that Remote Assistance is ticked in the Exceptions tab of Windows Firewall. Nothing else is ticked and I wonder if this is the default setting. Any ideas would be appreciated. do u use remote assistance |
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| 317543 | 2005-01-24 08:33:00 | I have never used Remote assistance and don't really know how it works. | Finn (2140) | ||
| 317544 | 2005-01-24 08:40:00 | I have recently installed SP2 and notice that Remote Assistance is ticked in the Exceptions tab of Windows Firewall. Nothing else is ticked and I wonder if this is the default setting. Any ideas would be appreciated. Hi Finn and welcome to PressF1. Yes, I think it is a default setting so that people don't moan that Remote Assistance doesn't work. If you don't need to use Remote Assistance then you can disable it by right-clicking on My Computer and selecting Properties, and can also untick it from the exceptions tab. Just in case you don't know what Remote Assistance is, it's a program which allows someone who you send an "invitation" to, to take over your computer and control it remotely - ie through an internet connection, while they're sitting on their home computer across town for example. Most people don't use it. More info here: www.microsoft.com |
somebody (208) | ||
| 317545 | 2005-01-24 09:26:00 | If you neither use or want it, definitely get rid of it. IMO, it's just plain crazy to have such a thing enabled by default. If you'd like to look into it a bit more, Black Viper's (www.blackviper.com) XP SP2 configuration is a pretty good place to start. Be careful with some of the names of services, some are very similar. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 317546 | 2005-01-24 22:40:00 | Many thanks for the helpful replies. This is a great forum. | Finn (2140) | ||
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