Allow
Remote Control of this Computer (checked by
default): If checked an iClose-Up
Client can connect to your computer and run it remotely. Your computer must have NetMeeting 3.01 or
higher installed. In addition if you
have a Remote Password the iClose-Up Client connecting to your computer would need to know
your Remote Password to be able to run your computer remotely. (To find out more about Remote Passwords see
Passwords below.)
Allow
Remote Conference of this Computer (unchecked by
default): Remote Control with iClose-Up
can be either Private or Conference.
Private means that only one iClose-Up Client will be allowed in a remote
session with the iClose-Up Server computer.
If you are connecting to your iClose-Up Server at your office to work on
accounting data you would probably want to have a Private session so that when
you are viewing your data no one else can connect and also see your data. Conference means that when you connect to an
iClose-Up Server that other iClose-Up users can connect and share your remote
session viewing and taking turns controlling the mouse and keyboard.
Private and
Conferences are set in two places. The
first is here in this menu, which controls this computer when it is acting as an
iClose-Up Server. If you do not want
this computer to be able to host a remote conference leave this option
unchecked. The second place where you
can set an option to control remote conferences is when you start a remote
control session. Just before starting
you will be given a check box option that says
Private Remote Control Session (do
not allow remote conference) it will be checked by default.
To have a
remote conference all conference options (the two places mentioned above) on
all computers involved must be set to allow a conference. That is, on the iClose-Up
Server the Allow Remote Conference of this
Computer must be checked and on any iClose-Up
Clients that connect to this Server the option given just before remote control
starts Private Remote Control Session (do
not allow remote conference) must be unchecked.
Passwords: This option allows you to use
one or more passwords to protect your computer from unauthorized people gaining
remote control.
1) If you do not have a password and you have the option Allow Remote Control of this machine checked
(which it is by default) then anyone who connects to your computer with
iClose-Up can control your computer remotely.
2) If you have a password, and you have the option Allow
Remote Control of this machine checked then an iClose-Up Client
connecting to your computer has several options:
a) If the iClose-Up Client
connecting has the correct password in its User entry that it used to
connect to your iClose-Up Server with, then the iClose-Up Client can control
your computer remotely.
When the person
at the iClose-Up Client computer created the entry to connect to your computer
they did it by bringing up the iClose-Up List and clicking on the Create Entry button. Then when they were creating
your entry they were asked for the iClose-Up
Remote Control Password.
If they put one in then they can control your iClose-Up Server remotely
once they connect to you.
The person at
the iClose-Up Client can see if they have a Remote
Control Password for your iClose-Up Server by bringing up
the iClose-Up List by
Double Clicking on the red iClose-Up triangles in the lower right corner of
their screen. Then they click on the
user entry for your computer and then click on Edit Entry. At this point they should
find the line Remote Control Password and see if there is a Password on that line and if it is the right
one. If there is no Password or it is
the wrong one then they can put in a Password, or change the one that is there.
b) If the iClose-Up Client
connecting has NO password in its User entry that it used to connect to
your iClose-Up Server with, then when the iClose-Up Client tries to take remote
control of your computer a window will come up on their screen asking for a
Remote Control Password.
i) If they put in the correct
Remote Control Password then they get remote control of your computer.
ii) If they leave the remote
password field blank and then click the OK button, a message will come up on your screen telling you who
is trying to gain remote control of your computer. You can allow or not allow their remote control. If you are not at your computer the message
on your screen will time out after about a minute and the other computer will
get a message that they can not get remote control of your computer.
3) NetMeeting passwords are
ignored by iClose-Up and conversely iClose-Up passwords are ignored by
NetMeeting.
4)
iClose-Up Remote Control Passwords are not
case sensitive.
To find out more on Remote Control security see the Remote Control Tab in Options. You can get there by double clicking on the red
iClose-Up triangles in the lower right of your screen and then pressing on the Options
button in the iClose-Up List. Also see Getting Started Using
Remote Control in this online help manual.