messenger + remote assistance on win2000

hi,
i've win 2000 pro and i'd like to use remote assistance, i read
someonewas told to download windows messenger 5.1 and service pack 4
for win2000
is it right?
http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx%3FFamilyID%3Da8d9eb73-5f8c-4b9a-940f-9157a3b3d774%26DisplayLang%3Den

and about service pack 4, which link shall i choose?
1)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&SrcDisplayLang=it&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3ddc27b8c6-2a5a-4399-ad3d-4a97a25f41d9%26DisplayLang%3dit

2)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&SrcDisplayLang=it&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d1001aaf1-749f-49f4-8010-297bd6ca33a0%26DisplayLang%3dit

thanx

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Thu Jul 06 08:22:08 CDT 2006

The link for Windows Messenger is fine. With regard to the SP4 links,
the first link is for an update program that will only download the
components and files that your PC needs. The second link is the full
Upgrade file that has everything (even stuff you don't need). Which one
you go for is up to you, can depend on your internet connection. If you
have a good speed for download, then I personally would go for the
second one.

Scøtt
Live Messenger FAQs - http://wlm.scottisafool.co.uk/

anderea wrote:
> hi,
> i've win 2000 pro and i'd like to use remote assistance, i read
> someonewas told to download windows messenger 5.1 and service pack 4
> for win2000
> is it right?
> http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx%3FFamilyID%3Da8d9eb73-5f8c-4b9a-940f-9157a3b3d774%26DisplayLang%3Den
>
> and about service pack 4, which link shall i choose?
> 1)
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&SrcDisplayLang=it&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3ddc27b8c6-2a5a-4399-ad3d-4a97a25f41d9%26DisplayLang%3dit
>
> 2)
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&SrcDisplayLang=it&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d1001aaf1-749f-49f4-8010-297bd6ca33a0%26DisplayLang%3dit
>
> thanx
>

anderea
Thu Jul 06 08:58:40 CDT 2006

Thanks,
do you know if is it really necessary to install sp4 to use messenger
5.1 and remote assistance?

=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Sc=F8tt_Lovegrove_=5BScottIsAFool=5D=22?=
Thu Jul 06 10:38:51 CDT 2006

Unfortunately I don't have a 2000 SP3 machine to hand to find out, but
looking at the supported systems on the Windows Messenger page, it does
say that it's Windows 2000 SP4.

Scøtt
Live Messenger FAQs - http://wlm.scottisafool.co.uk/

anderea wrote:
> Thanks,
> do you know if is it really necessary to install sp4 to use messenger
> 5.1 and remote assistance?
>

Jonathan
Thu Jul 06 15:08:03 CDT 2006

Greetings,

Remote Assistance is a Windows XP only technology. It will -never- work on Windows 2000.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--

"anderea" <anederea@libero.it> wrote in message
news:1152191131.413777.38750@s26g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> hi,
> i've win 2000 pro and i'd like to use remote assistance, i read
> someonewas told to download windows messenger 5.1 and service pack 4
> for win2000
> is it right?
> http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx%3FFamilyID%3Da8d9eb73-5f8c-4b9a-940f-9157a3b3d774%26DisplayLang%3Den
>
> and about service pack 4, which link shall i choose?
> 1)
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&SrcDisplayLang=it&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3ddc27b8c6-2a5a-4399-ad3d-4a97a25f41d9%26DisplayLang%3dit
>
> 2)
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&SrcDisplayLang=it&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d1001aaf1-749f-49f4-8010-297bd6ca33a0%26DisplayLang%3dit
>
> thanx
>

=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Sc=F8tt_Lovegrove_=5BScottIsAFool=5D=22?=
Thu Jul 06 15:27:03 CDT 2006

I always thought it was there with older versions of Messenger... Maybe
I've just been using XP too long ;)

Scøtt
Live Messenger FAQs - http://wlm.scottisafool.co.uk/

Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Remote Assistance is a Windows XP only technology. It will -never- work on Windows 2000.
>

Jonathan
Thu Jul 06 15:33:26 CDT 2006

Hi,

Nope. It uses a shadow session in Terminal Services to work. Windows 2000 (Pro) doesn't
even have Terminal Services...

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--

""Scøtt Lovegrove [ScottIsAFool]"" <iwantalivemessengerinvite@googlemail.com> wrote in
message news:eJ0rLtToGHA.4616@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I always thought it was there with older versions of Messenger... Maybe I've just been using
>XP too long ;)
>
> Scøtt
> Live Messenger FAQs - http://wlm.scottisafool.co.uk/
>
> Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Remote Assistance is a Windows XP only technology. It will -never- work on Windows 2000.
>>

=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Sc=F8tt_Lovegrove_=5BScottIsAFool=5D=22?=
Thu Jul 06 16:57:38 CDT 2006

That's not that much of a loss ;)

Scøtt
Live Messenger FAQs - http://wlm.scottisafool.co.uk/

Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Nope. It uses a shadow session in Terminal Services to work. Windows 2000 (Pro) doesn't
> even have Terminal Services...
>

anderea
Thu Jul 06 17:44:03 CDT 2006

thanx,
so how can i set a remote assistance easily as on messenger?

Jonathan
Thu Jul 06 17:49:12 CDT 2006

Hi,

The best you can do is use the Application Sharing function (which is in Windows 2000 SP4 and
built-in to XP) and then the user in question has to share the Desktop.

It's a bit different and not very friendly, but you can still take control and so on.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--

"anderea" <anederea@libero.it> wrote in message
news:1152225843.076973.255440@j8g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> thanx,
> so how can i set a remote assistance easily as on messenger?
>