-=PCTechTalk=- Re: PC Remote Control

Cristy,
You only need this if you choose to not install their junk.
Here's the info you'll need to gather:

Somewhere in with all of the Earthlink junk, there's a text file 
(phones.txt) that contains all of the phone numbers your modem can use to 
call into the network.  Locate the file, open it in NotePad and look up your 
location.  Write down the number for your area.  If there is more than one 
number, write them all down.  Don't include any that are long distance.  Of 
course, you'll also need to know your username & password.  To create a 
dial-up connection, this is all the ISP specific info you'll need.  In my 
opinion, the rest of the TotalAccess software is junk.  If it's already 
installed, you might want to consider uninstalling it.


To make a connection, go into Control Panel and open up the Internet Options 
applet.  You can also fire it up from the Start > Run box using 
'inetcpl.cpl' (no quotes).  When it opens, go to the Connections tab and 
click on the Add button.  Select "Dial-up to private network" and click 
Next.  Type in the phone number you want your modem to use, without the "-" 
in the middle.  If your area requires the use of the area code when dialing 
locally, be sure to include it in this area, again without any "-" symbols. 
Click Next.  Give this connection a name.  Oddly enough, I usually call it 
something like "Earthlink Dial-up".  When you're done, click Finish and 
another window will open.

Most folks only need to fill in the bottom part where it asks for your 
username and password.  Most dial-up accounts (including Earthlink) don't 
provide a Domain, so just leave that line blank.  If you're running through 
a proxy server, you'll also want to fill in that part to make the connection 
route through that proxy.  If you don't know what a proxy is, leave this 
part blank.  Click the Properties button and make sure your modem is showing 
at the top of the window.  If you have more than one number written down 
from the earlier step, click on the Alternates button and use the Add button 
to include the rest of them.  I like to check both of the boxes at the 
bottom of this screen.  Next, click on the Options tab and choose what you'd 
like the computer to do when you try to make a connection.  If you select 
either of the "Prompt for ..." boxes, a window will come up when you try to 
connect and it won't complete the connection until you click another button. 
Uncheck both of these Prompt boxes if you'd rather have the computer just 
dial in without your help.  If you don't use the firewall built into Windows 
(appropriately called Windows Firewall), skip the next paragraph.

If you rely on Windows Firewall rather than a 3rd party firewall, click on 
the Advanced tab, the Settings button, that new window's Advanced tab and 
finally on the top Settings button to instruct the firewall of the services 
you want it to allow.  Keep in mind that Remote Desktop is not the same 
thing as Remote Assistance.  When you're done, click Ok and then click on 
the Exceptions tab.  Here is where you can choose specific programs that the 
firewall should allow.  After you're finished here, click OK to close the 
firewall window.  This should bring you back to the Dial-up Connection 
Property sheet window.

Click on the Networking tab.  At the top, it should say "PPP: ...".  If it 
doesn't, click the drop down arrow next to it and select that one.  Click OK 
to close that window and return to the Internet Options Property sheet. 
Click OK to close that one, too.  That's all there is to it (well, other 
than setting up your email app).

Peace,
G

http://tinyurl.com/ypbuue

"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask!"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:23 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: PC Remote Control


> Rather than install it, I entered the connection settings
> manually and never turned back
>
> How do I do this?  He mentioned it on the p hone but it was hard to
> understand his accent and I have been sick also coughing my head off.  I
> could not grasp it at the time.  I think this Earthlink is about 50 mb in
> size.
>
>
> Christine 


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