Pauline's community posts

Hello Magnus,

Thank you for your message.

We definitely plan to implement the File Transfer connection mode in one of the subsequent releases of Viewer for Linux and Mac. Unfortunately, we cannot provide any specific ETA on when the connection mode will be available. However, with each release we update the list of the features available in the current beta version of Viewer for Mac/Linux, so as soon as the File Transfer connection mode is available you will see it on the list in the very first message on this page.

Please let us know if you have more questions.

Hello Paul,

Thank you for your patience.

Unfortunately, we still haven't received an email yet. However, I've emailed to the address that is connected to your account on our Community Forum myself, so you can simply reply to this email instead.

Looking forward to your reply.

Hello Paul,

Thank you for your message.

I've double-checked our inbox, but, unfortunately, it seems like we haven't received any emails from you regarding the issue. Could you please try re-sending it to us once again to support@remoteutilities.com?

Looking forward to your reply.

Hello David,

Thank you for the clarification.

It's not related with the file size. OS: Windows 7 on both sides.

I've checked the File Transfer mode with Windows 7 on both sides just in case, but, unfortunately, couldn't reproduce the issue. Could you please clarify if this issue occurs with files of any sizes/format extensions or only with the files of 0 bytes like you've mentioned in your other message?

When trying to copy a file or a group of files or directories, whenever it finds a zero bytes file, it results in an error, breaks the process and it doesn't copy that file.

Thank you for letting us know. We've managed to reproduce this issue - I will forward it to our developers and ask for their input on this to see if it's expected behavior for empty files or if this can be fixed in future updates.

Looking forward to your reply.

Hello Oscar,

Thank you for your message.

There are two ways to take screenshots when using mobile Viewer:
1. When connected to a remote Host click on the keyboard icon in the lower part of the screen.
2. Tap on the Keyboard word in the lower part of the screen.
3. Tap on the > symbol in the upper left corner of the screen to invoke additional commands list.
4. In the commands list select Print Scr.
Here's also a reference screenshot:

This way the screenshot will be saved in the remote Host's clipboard - you only need to paste (ctrl+v) it to a file.

Alternatively, you can simply screenshot your remote session on your Android device - this way, the screenshot will be saved to your device's photo library right away. Usually it's possible to take a screenshot on Android devices by pressing the Power and Volume down buttons at the same time. For more information on taking screenshots of your screen on Android devices please see this page.

Hope that helps.

Hello Stefan,

Thank you for your message.

I'm glad to hear you've figured out the issue and it works for you now! In case if similar issues occur in the future please try using this Microsoft Tool that can help to automatically repair issues with installing/removing programs as well as fixes corrupted registry keys.

Please let us know if you have more questions.

Hello Jason,

Thank you for your message.

Could you please let us know any of the email addresses you've tried using, so we could check what might be causing the issue? You can send us an email to support@remoteutilities.com.

Looking forward to your reply.

Hello Chris,

Thank you for your message.

But what about the endpoint licenses? do they also have to be upgraded at each new release?

Please note that our Upgrade Policy applies in the same way to all license types, i.e. the license upgrade is only needed when we release a major version (or if you want to increase the number of available concurrent techs and/or endpoints). In addition, we also guarantee free upgrade to the next major version if the current license was purchased within 12 months prior to the new major version release date. For example, previous major version 6 of Remote Utilities has been around for almost 7 years with free minor version updates, however, all our users who've purchased the license within the last year were eligible for a free license upgrade to version 7, and the ones who've purchased the license before that were eligible for a 50% discount. Our minor version updates (i.e. 6.10.10.0 or 7.0.2.0) are always free.

You do not need to upgrade Endpoint license each release as well, just like any other license - when we release a major upgrade you're either eligible for a free upgrade or a 50% discount and all minor version updates are free. For more information please also see our Upgrade Policy page.

I cant imagine preventing some of the systems with the older licenses only use for example version 6, and the newer ones use version 7.

For the Endpoint license you need to register your Viewer with a license key, not Host - just like for any other license type. In this case, you can usually upgrade your Viewer and still be able to connect to Hosts that are running previous version - we understand that updating RU installations might take time and try to maintain as much backward compatibility as possible. However, we recommend that our users (regardless of their license type) always update both Host and Viewer (as well as RU Server if used) to the latest version available in order to avoid the version mismatch that might lead to performance issues or some new/improved features not working.

Please let us know if you have more questions.

Hello Vivek,

Thank you for your kind words! We appreciate your support.

Is there any method/way out to connect to webserver/data server sitting behind hidden/absent public ip using remote utilities...? just curious

Yes, it's possible to connect to a remote machine located behind firewall/router using Internet-ID connection via our public servers or self-hosted RU Server - you simply need to enable the Internet-ID connection in the Host Settings and generate an Internet-ID code and you're ready to connect. Here's a step by step guide on setting up Internet-ID connection. However, please note that you need to have a single outbound TCP port 5655 or 443 opened on both Host and Viewer machines. For more information on ports used by Remote Utilities please see this page.

Alternatively, you can still connect to a remote Host machine located behind firewall/router directly (i.e. via Direct connection) by settings up the port-forwarding rule.

Hope that helps.

Hello Shaun,

Thank you for your message.

We provide the self-hosted RU Server free of charge - you do not need register your Hosts or RU Server modules. However, please note that you can add a number of connections (endpoints) to your address book in Viewer in accordance with your license type, e.g. if you use Free License you can have more Hosts connected to your RU Server, but you will only be able to add 10 of them to your address book. For more information on the number of endpoints you can add for your license please see this page.

Hope that helps.