Conrad Sallian's community posts

Christopher Greer wrote:
I understand that it is for one time use.  But sometimes a restart is needed during one time use.  It would be a pain to install remote service on someone's computer when doing a virus cleanup and having to remember to uninstall it once the cleanup is finished.  Not that it would be difficult to do... but sometimes it can be easily forgotten.  Then the customer is stuck with a remote access tool being left behind.  Not that it should be a big deal either... but what if later the customers computer is acting up and they blame the previous tech saying they had remote access and could have messed with their computer.  I personally like the idea of the Agent.

The Agent does show the option to restart the computer. But it does not work the way I figured it would.  I am able to initiate the restart into normal mode or safemode. But then I am not able to get back onto the system to finish unless I call my customer and ask them to re-launch the agent. Again... not a big deal... but it would be much easier to do if it were built in.  

By the way, you can effectively achieve the same using the Host. Just enable the "Ask user permission" feature in the Settings for Host -> Security -> Confirmation tab. Now each time you attempt a remote connection it must be accepted/allowed by the remote user in order to be granted. Thus, despite the Host will be running in an "unattended mode", you cannot access the remote PC without the remote user's first granting you access by clicking "Yes" in the incoming connection prompt.

Hello Christopher,

We have this feature on our roadmap, although we cannot give any precise ETA. Anyway, thank you for your feedback, it's been very helpful.  :)

Hi Ronnie,

I understand. I'm just letting someone know that as is, the product is unusable.

I'm sorry, but this is somewhat a bold statement. Remote Utilities has been used in many different companies and environments, including very big ones (some with up to 50 000 remote PCs dotted around the globe). Although we do our best to make it as easy to configure and use as possible, there are still some networks/environments with extremely strict (if not paranoid) rules we can't do anything about.

In such cases it is recommended to solve the issue on the "administrative level" - that is to add an exception in the software in the antivirus software/firewall, create a new company-wide policy etc. by getting permission from company executives/IT department.

Hello Paul,

There are two XML files in the folder "C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Remote Utilities Files\":  

config_4.xml - where your Viewer's options/settings are stored

connections_4.xml - your connection list (also called "address book" with all the IDs and passwords, if the latter were saved)

So you can also just copy these two files and paste them in the same folder on the new Viewer PC (or the same PC if you re-installed the operating system).

Robert Taylor wrote:
I am also stuck waiting for the  CNTRL ALT DEL function.

Our company is looking at the software for EU remote connection but not sure if they will wait very long. I would like to buy your premier package but........

Robert

Hello Robert,

Sorry if Anton was a bit direct trying to convey his message :) But anyway, I can assure you that this feature has the biggest priority when it comes to the next mobile release. And the release will be very soon!

And thanks for considering the purchase of Remote Utilities. We really appreciate it!

Marc Laferriere wrote


If i understand correctly, i can't use the agent in this fashion, since the host is already running on that computer? Is this why running the agent gets a UAC popup?

Yes, that is correct.

If so, how can i go about regaining access to this host device? Is there a method of seeing why the connection fails?

This issue needs a closer look. Would you mind creating a ticket in our ticketing system? In the ticket simply refer to this forum thread (give a link) instead of re-creating the description of the issue. Our technical support specialist will contact you via the ticket and provide personalized assistance.

Thank you.

Hello Marc,

I'm no longer able to access a host computer

Could you please elaborate on this. Does the Viewer asks you for access password? Or is it not able to access the Host at all (Host shows as being 'offline')?

P.S. You won't be able to use Agent on the same computer where the Host is running, because these both modules are essentially the same.

Hello Laurel,

Thank you for your message.

What you are describing is terminal sessions and is provided by Microsoft Terminal Services.  

While Remote Utilities allows you to switch between already existing terminal sessions on the Full Control mode toolbar, it has no means of creating terminal sessions or being run as a terminal server. It's a different class of software with different licensing.

Hope that helps.

John Wilson wrote:
We are looking for this feature also.  It would make RU the perfect fit for us.  Do you have any idea when the feature for accessing Network drives in File Transfer mode may be added?



Thanks.

Hi John,

Support for network/mapped drives in the File Transfer mode is coming in version 5.7 due in a month or so.

I'll continue here so that the full context is available to other support staff.

Ok, I tried to connect but with no success. However, I couldn't ping the GMS' DNS name either. I have a question - is GMS in the same local network as the Host? That could explain why the Host/Hosts had easily connected to the GMS and were shown in the idle list. It can be so that the GMS is misconfigured or is simply not accessible out of the Internet by the DNS name you use. I assume that the computer with the GMS installed doesn't have an external IP address and is only available via a router. Did you set up a port forwarding rule on the router then?  

I recommend you to check back the "Default server" checkboxes on both ends and try to establish remote connection using our default servers (you don't even have to change the ID, although it's recommended to re-generate it just in case).  In this case you will at least get a general idea of how the program works, and then you might want to try more advanced options such as the GMS.  

Hope that helps.