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Viewer on multiple computers

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2911)
Feb 25, 2020 5:16:08 pm EST
Hello,

Thank you for your message.

1) Can I use my 1 free Viewer license on 3 different computers? If yes, how do I do that?

Sure, even if you use the free license, you are not restricted to a specific workstation given that you're the only tech. This means that you can install this license on any number of computers so long as there's only one tech working with the license at a given moment, e.g. you can install and register the Viewer on your home PC, your laptop and your office PC and work from any of those workstations — one at a time. For more information, please refer to this KB article.
However, please note, that with the free license you only can add up to 10 records in your address book with which you can actively work, including concurrent use (i.e. connect to a few remote Host from your Viewer).
To register the Viewer with the free license key, please follow this tutorial. Other program modules such as Host, Agent, and RU Server do not require registration.

3) If (somehow) I have the Viewer installed on 3 computers, how do I get my Hosts on each Viewer? And how do I keep them in sync if I add or remove a host?

There are a few ways to sync address books on a few different Viewers:

1. You can manually export and import the address books. Please note, that while using this method, when you upd ate one copy, the other copy is not upd ated. Manual export/import can be used when you have few records in your address book or when you don't update records often.

2. You can se t up the address books to sync automatically through a shared resource, such as a Dropbox or OneDrive folder. This method would suit you if you're the only person who works with the software. To se t up the address book sync via shared resource, please refer to this tutorial.

3. You might also consider using the Portable Viewer as an alternative to the installable version, as it's easier than installing Viewer on each workstation and setting up a shared address book. In this case, you simply need to create your address book in the Viewer (Portable Viewer stores its all files in a single folder that you can take with you anywhere). Then you can copy the entire portable Viewer folder to Dropbox and run the Viewer executable (rutview.exe) from there on each workstation you work from. For more information on the Portable Viewer please refer to this Documentation page.

Hope that helps.

ID based login is unsuccessful

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2911)
Feb 25, 2020 4:49:18 pm EST
Hello Konrád,

Thank you for the update. I'm glad to hear you've figured out the issue!

Please feel free to contact us if you have more questions.

Beta testing: Remote Utilities for macOS/Linux

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2911)
Feb 25, 2020 3:27:14 pm EST
Hello Ian,

Thank you for your message.

I checked with our developers on this - the downloaded *tar.gz file is an executive file. Could you please clarify if you use an x64-based processor or if it's x86-based? In addition, please let us know if there are any error messages shown in the terminal when you try running the Viewer file? You can send us a screenshot of the terminal to support@remoteutilities.com.

Looking forward to your reply.

Beta testing: Remote Utilities for macOS/Linux

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2911)
Feb 21, 2020 5:41:03 pm EST
Hello Ian,

Thank you for your message.

I have forwarded this to our development department and ask for their input. I'll get back to you soon with their reply.
In the meantime, could you please let me know if I'm right in assuming that you use Linux Debian? If this is the case, please let me know which exact version do you use.

Looking forward to your reply.

ID based login is unsuccessful

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2911)
Feb 21, 2020 3:56:58 pm EST
Hello Konrád,

Thanks for the clarification.

Normally, you should see the authorization pop up when establishing a remote connection, if the Viewer had successfully reached the intermediary server (our public ID server or your self-hosted RU Server) and then had successfully established a connection to the Host through the intermediary server. In this case, I might assume that the issue occurs somewhere on these steps.
The troubleshooting guide would be helpful in order for us to isolate the issue. However, you might send us the Host and Viewer log files for examination.
Here's how you can locate the Host logs and Viewer logs.
You can send the log files to support@remote-utilities.com

Please, do not publish the logs on the forum as they are considered personal information.

Looking forward to your reply.

ID based login is unsuccessful

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2911)
Feb 20, 2020 3:38:51 pm EST
Hello Konrád,

Thank you for your message.

Could you please clarify if remote connections in the address book are shown as online? In addition, before we proceed to further troubleshooting, please try referring to this KB troubleshooting guide and see if any of the solutions help to resolve the issue.

Please let us know if the issue persists.

Availability of Host for MacOS

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2911)
Feb 19, 2020 1:24:30 pm EST
Hello Rob,

Thank you for your message.

We certainly plan to release Host for Mac/Linux this year. It is, indeed, among our highest priorities right now, but, unfortunately, we do not have a more specific ETA on its release yet. I apologize for the inconvenience.

Please let us know if you have any other questions. We're happy to assist!

Store connection meta data permanently

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2911)
Feb 19, 2020 11:59:36 am EST
Hello,

Thank you for the clarification.

You are right, this information is not stored on the Server's side. Here's some useful information on these columns:
The Last IP column shows the last IP address used by the given Host, which is not necessarily the IP address of the Host computer itself - for example when using the Internet-ID connection method the Last IP column shows the IP address of the last used Internet-ID server (i.e. our public server or self-hosted RU Server).
The User column shows the current Windows user signed in on the remote Host machine.
The Version column shows the current version of the remote Host (for example 6.10.10.0.).
For more information on the other column headings please refer to this page.

I'll forward your suggestion to our development department to see if we can implement this feature in our future updates. Thank you for your input.

Please let us know if you have other questions.

Connection available for 5 seconds

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2911)
Feb 18, 2020 7:05:04 pm EST
Hello Katie,

Thank you for your message.

Could you please confirm if I'm right in assuming that you see if the Host is online/offline in the Host's settings? If this is the case, then it might point to some network issues. Please refer to this Internet-ID connection troubleshooting guide and try to perform the solutions listed on that page in the order they are listed.

Please let me know if the issue persists.

Access Denied using Windows security

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2911)
Feb 18, 2020 6:19:43 pm EST
Hello Russ,

Thank you for your message.

Before we proceed to further troubleshooting please try referring to this KB article and see if any of the solutions that are listed there helps to resolve the issue.

Please let me know if the issue persists.