Netmeeting to share desktop

There is an easier way to share the screen with another computer user. VNC is one of the choice but sometimes required port 5900 set up correctly through the firewall/router.

Why not try netmeeting?

1) How to set up
Type 'conf' (without the quotation mark) in the Start -> Run dialog. Go through the default configuration until the netmeeting application appears.

The remote user does the same. Type 'conf' in the run menu.

2) How to connect?

Click on netmeeting menu Help-> About window netmeeting
. This will show your ip address.

The remote user types the ip address (destination machine ip) in the and press the call button.

Window Management Instrumentation (WMI)

Wmi enables application to obtain enterprise data and automate administrative tasks on local/remote computers via .net programming languages (c#, vb.net or vbscript) .

It uses namespace System.Management. Find out more from the following link

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186147(VS.80).aspx