There are a few things I would like to do remotely from my computer to my daughters. Her comp is off a WAN. Remote shutdown is one of them. Remote desktop is another. Msg.exe is another. I am so limited without. All says I need to be an administrator of the computer. We both have win 7 ultimate. Is their a way I can gain these privileges without adding myself to the startup screen as a user?

The process for remote access you're looking for is effectively the same as the link below: http://www.ehow.com/how_5859423_access-home-network-over-internet.html The article lists a OS based firewall which must be set to allow RDC raffic for remote connections, however if you have a firewall device you'll need to set it to allow for the protocol (3389) & or service to be an exception so it too is allowed. What's the point of a remote shutdown, how would you power it back remotley without a DRAC/ILO?

What about msg.exe through the 2 computers. Each can ping itself and each other successfully. Cant get it to work and spent days trying. I cant change the compatibility for msg.exe to work as server either. There is a linksys router and both have windows firewall. Both comp on Win 7 Ultimate. Please help

On 12/22/2010 11:15 AM, JamieRN2006 wrote: > There are a few things I would like to do remotely from my computer to > my daughters. Her comp is off a WAN. Remote shutdown is one of them. > Remote desktop is another. Msg.exe is another. I am so limited without. > All says I need to be an administrator of the computer. We both have win > 7 ultimate. Is their a way I can gain these privileges without adding > myself to the startup screen as a user? Your user account that you use on your machine as admin must be created on the remote machine as admin, in order to be admin. Or you have another account on the remote machine setup with admin rights so you can logon to the machine remotely with admin rights.

Jamie, if you wanted to control the msg.exe service hosted on the other remote system it would best if you were a local admin. 'I cant change the compatibility for msg.exe to work as server either' I don't think you can have you or the remote machine act as a server as both are actually clients of the live messanging service.