subject: Preventive Maintenance Through Remote Monitoring Facility [print this page] The remote monitoring facility is used by some of the most renowned organizations in the service industry across the world. It is used to provide assistance and customer support from a remote location. The method of remote servicing of products has enabled some of the leading service providing companies to offer an outstanding service to their customers but at the same time be able to maximize on their profits and also reduce their service costs.
The preventive maintenance service is one of the important services provided through remote monitoring method. Here we shall be discussing how you can receive assistance on preventive maintenance through a remote monitoring service.
To begin with, you need to learn how to operate the Remote Desktop feature available on your Windows XP operating system. This will assist with performing the preventive maintenance remotely. However, before you can receive the remote assistance you need to ensure that the Remote Desktop software has been configured properly.
Once this has been taken care of you need to enable the Remote Desktop feature on your home or office computer to perform any maintenance through a remote monitoring service. To be able to enable this feature, you need to be an administrator or have the administrative rights to the computer in which the remote assistance is being set up. This is because only an administrator has the ability to change the settings for the Remote Desktop feature.
To facilitate the remote assistance on your PC, go to the start menu and click on the My Computer icon. Press the right click option on your mouse to select the properties option. Here you will find information about your computer. Click on the remote option tab to view your present settings for the Remote Desktop feature. Once there, you need to click the box that enables other users to remotely connect to your computer. After this press the apply option to save the new changes to your computer settings.
Once you have enabled the Remote Desktop feature, you need to then select the source or sources for receiving the remote assistance facility. But in order to receive the remote assistance you need to allow these users to access your computer. You can add the users manually via the special permission list feature that comes with the Remote Desktop program.
Next, you need to connect to a remote computer to be able to receive the remote assistance. Before trying to connect, do ensure that the remote desktop software has been properly configured, and that the remote users have been selected too. Once you have run a quick check, you can then initiate the connection to a remote computer. For this you need to go the accessories option from the start menu and then click on the Communications folder. Once inside the folder select the connection for the remote desktop software. Wait for a program window to open and then key in the IP address of the remote computer and then press connect. You should see a window asking for your username and password. Once you fill out these details you will be able to receive assistance from a remote computer.
