Screen share plugin installer?

Can the screen share plugin be downloaded and provided as a separate application to install?
I deal with a lot of people that have firewalls and other security constraints. It would be much easier
to send them the plugin to install instead of prompting them in the browser.
If so, where can I find the plugin installer?
Thanks

I use JollysFastVNC as my local client, and remote screen lock used to work with Snow Leopard. They have a note on their website that it doesn't work with Lion, when I try it kicks me out of the session.
I wonder if Apple removed this feature and reserved it for Apple Remote Desktop?

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Thunar-shares-plugin-0.2.0 installation fails

Greetings to all,
I am new to Arch and Linux. I am trying to get rid of windows completely and to get there I am trying out. I have successfully build my arch box. Everything is working perfect ( I can't believe the ease of use); but one little issue with installation of thunar-shares-plugin. I have a NAS on my network and would like to be able to mount the shares automatically and without being root.
I am using xfce-4.8 and the latest arch release as of last week 64-bit
I downloaded the plugin and I am following this how to http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/thunar … res-plugin.
When I launch the configure command-line "./configure --prefix=$(pkg-config --variable prefix thunarx-1)" I get an error about thunarx not being found in the box.
checking for thunarx-1 >= 0.8.0... not found
*** The required package thunarx-1 was not found on your system.
*** Please install thunarx-1 (atleast version 0.8.0) or adjust
*** the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
*** installed the package in a nonstandard prefix so that
*** pkg-config is able to find it.
From what I understand (after trolling on the internet) a lot of people seem to be having that issue. I could not find a fix.
Is their a solution (not too complicated as I am new:) ) or workaround ?
Any help is much appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Riganta

Karol, thanks for your reply
This is what i did
1st step:
Install thunar-vfs using $ ./configure --prefix=/usr --> no issue there
2nd step:
Downloaded tarball (thunar-shares) here https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/th/t … es-plugin/
makepkg -si and get this error
error: target not found: thunar-vfs
==> ERROR: 'pacman' failed to install missing dependencies.
back to square one I am missing something but dont really know what
Regards

Flash 12.0.0.77 plugin installs to wrong folder

In Vista x64, using either Firefox 28 or Firefox 24.4 ESR, the plugin installer (one downloaded from Adobe distribution) installs the 32 bit .dll file to \system32\macromedia\flash\ folder;
installs the 64 bit .dll to: \sysWOW64\macromedia\flash\ folder. So, they're exacly reversed.
I uninstalled it completely - went well. Then removed 1 remaining file in one of the above paths, then reinstalled. Did the same thing.
Before I did all this - I was *very sporadically* seeing the FlashPlayerPlugin_12_0_0_77.exe file, running (kinda "sitting") in background, in task manager. It never came to foreground w/ a UI, asking for anything. Couldn't figure out what it was, until started looking in the installation folders.
That's what lead to discovery the files were in wrong folders.
Anyone heard of this?
BTW, "Nayana" of Adobe Support chat, is a few bricks shy of a load. Or I am. I couldn't create an acct for forums. She kept saying, you don't need an acct - "just post your question. Other people will answer it."

EDIT: Seems there's no error in Flash installing to wrong folders, only error in my brain. Why didn't someone stop me from embarrassing myself?
System32 (in a 64 bit OS / architecture) is for 64 bit drivers, files; SysWOW64 is for 32 bit apps running in 64 bit OS.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WoW64
WoW64 (Windows 32-bit on Windows 64-bit) is a subsystem of the Windows operating system capable of running 32-bit applications and is included on all 64-bit versions of Windows
Also, http://www.samlogic.net/articles/32-64-bit-windows-folder-x86-syswow64.htm (section on SysWoW64)
End Edit.
Thanks for info on attaching images. A bit different than most forums. There's no "preview post" before submitting?
Screenshots of the 2 flash folder contents.
NOTE: I attached full FlashInstall.log earlier. I opened the 1.25 MB (text) file in an editor - copied contents to clipboard > paste to forum reply screen. Immediately locked up Firefox like a big dog. Couldn't perform any functions in Fx - not even reload or close browser. At same time, Fx memory use was continually climbing; to nearly 2 GB when I killed it. Won't make that mistake again.
Been many yrs since Fx locked up, doing anything. That aside, Adobe is definitely "different" than most forums. Almost like a person w/ no $ to use one of the many forum softwares available.
Most recent Flash installation logs.
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashInstall.log:
=O====== M/12.0.0.77 2014-03-27+18-59-59.282 ========
0000 [I] 00000010 "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_12_0_0_77_Plugin.exe" -maintain plugin
0001 [W] 00001015 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_12_0_0_77_Plugin.exe 5
0002 [W] 00001015 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_12_0_0_77_Plugin.exe 5
0003 [W] 00001037 Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce/FlashPlayerUpdate 2
0004 [W] 00001037 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerPlugin/ 2
0005 [W] 00001037 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayer/SwfInstall 2
0006 [W] 00001021
0007 [W] 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerActiveX/PlayerPath 2
0008 [W] 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerPlugin/PlayerPath 2
0009 [W] 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerActiveX/PlayerPath 2
0010 [W] 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerPlugin/PlayerPath 2
0011 [W] 00001037 Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Control Panel\Extended Properties\System.ControlPanel.Category/C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl 2
0012 [W] 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerActiveX/PlayerPath 2
0013 [W] 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerPlugin/PlayerPath 2
0014 [W] 00001036 Software\Mozilla\Firefox\extensions/Plugins 2
0015 [W] 00001036 Software\Mozilla\Mozilla Firefox\extensions/Plugins 2
0016 [W] 00001036 Software\Mozilla\Mozilla Thunderbird\extensions/Plugins 2
0017 [W] 00001036 Software\Mozilla\Thunderbird\extensions/Plugins 2
0018 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Last CommandLine 2
0019 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Last CommandLine 2
0020 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Plugin Path 2
0021 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Plugin Path 2
0022 [W] 00001015 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_12_0_0_77_Plugin.exe 5
0023 [W] 00001015 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_12_0_0_77_Plugin.exe 5
0024 [I] 00000011 1
0025 [I] 00000012
=X====== M/12.0.0.77 2014-03-27+19-00-34.066 ========
=O====== M/12.0.0.77 2014-03-27+19-15-43.835 ========
0000 [I] 00000010 "E:\DOWNLOADS\Software\Multi Media\Browser PLUGINS\Flash Player\Flash Player Fx\install_flash_player_12.0.0.77_plugin002.exe"
0001 [W] 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerPlugin/Version 2
0002 [W] 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerPlugin/PlayerPath 2
0003 [W] 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerPlugin/Version 2
0004 [W] 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerPlugin/PlayerPath 2
0005 [I] 00000011 1
0006 [I] 00000020 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl
0007 [W] 00001037 SOFTWARE\MozillaPlugins\@adobe.com/FlashPlayer/ 2
0008 [W] 00001037 SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Flash Player Plugin/ 2
0009 [W] 00001036 Software\Mozilla\Firefox\extensions/Plugins 2
0010 [W] 00001036 Software\Mozilla\Mozilla Firefox\extensions/Plugins 2
0011 [W] 00001036 Software\Mozilla\Mozilla Thunderbird\extensions/Plugins 2
0012 [W] 00001036 Software\Mozilla\Thunderbird\extensions/Plugins 2
0013 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Last CommandLine 2
0014 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Last CommandLine 2
0015 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Plugin Path 2
0016 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Plugin Path 2
0017 [I] 00000014 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\NPSWF32_12_0_0_77.dll
0018 [I] 00000015 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_12_0_0_77_Plugin.exe
0019 [I] 00000024 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\plugin.vch
0020 [I] 00000017 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash
0021 [I] 00000022 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerPlugin_12_0_0_77.exe
0022 [I] 00000019 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl
0023 [I] 00000021 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe
=X====== M/12.0.0.77 2014-03-27+19-16-11.879 ========

Suddenly can't connect to shared computers or screen share

For some reason I can no longer connect to my shared computers. I can however connect to MY computer from my shared computers, if that makes sense.
From my own computer, when I go to my shared list in the finder, I click on a computer (normally it all automatically connects because I have the password remembered), I click "connect as" and I never get any response, sometimes a "connection failed" I know file sharing is enabled on all computers.
Is there a way to refresh my list? What can I do to reconnect to my shared computers? This seems to have been happenings since I last updated the OS.
Also, I can no longer do a screen share where I was doing this regularly every day.
Thanks
Dan
Message was edited by: Daniel Peck

I tried opening up the firewall and allowed all incoming connections.
no luck
I checked the log file and here's what it had, I don't know what it all means:
7/27/08 6:07:13 PM com.apple.launchd[202] ([0x0-0x5be5be].dotmacsyncclient[12981]) Exited with exit code: 114
7/27/08 8:48:56 PM com.apple.backupd[8961] Found partially deleted backup - trying again to delete: 2008-07-26-184903
7/28/08 7:30:38 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[5451]) Exited: Terminated
7/28/08 7:30:38 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.ScreenSharing.server[14496]) Exited: Terminated
7/28/08 8:06:28 AM PDFpen[14572] .sdef error: Operation could not be completed. (NSXMLParserErrorDomain error 1549.)
7/28/08 8:06:28 AM PDFpen[14572] line number: 2
7/28/08 8:06:28 AM PDFpen[14572] .sdef error: Operation could not be completed. (NSXMLParserErrorDomain error 1549.)
7/28/08 8:06:28 AM PDFpen[14572] line number: 2
7/28/08 8:06:28 AM PDFpen[14572] _NSMacOSTypeFromString(): string 'color' is not exactly 4 characters long.
7/28/08 8:28:34 AM firefox-bin[14691] Error loading /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Photo Center Plugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Photo Center Plugin: dlopen(/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Photo Center Plugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Photo Center Plugin, 262): Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libcrypto.0.9.dylib
Referenced from: /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Photo Center Plugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Photo Center Plugin
Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
/usr/lib/libcrypto.0.9.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture
/usr/lib/libcrypto.0.9.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture
7/28/08 8:28:34 AM firefox-bin[14691] Error loading /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Photo Center Plugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Photo Center Plugin: dlopen(/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Photo Center Plugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Photo Center Plugin, 262): Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libcrypto.0.9.dylib
Referenced from: /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Photo Center Plugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Photo Center Plugin
Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
/usr/lib/libcrypto.0.9.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture
/usr/lib/libcrypto.0.9.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture
7/28/08 8:28:32 AM [0x0-0x657657].org.mozilla.firefox ### MRJPlugin: getPluginBundle() here. ###
7/28/08 8:28:33 AM [0x0-0x657657].org.mozilla.firefox ### MRJPlugin: CFBundleGetBundleWithIdentifier() succeeded. ###
7/28/08 8:28:33 AM [0x0-0x657657].org.mozilla.firefox ### MRJPlugin: CFURLGetFSRef() succeeded. ###
7/28/08 8:28:34 AM [0x0-0x657657].org.mozilla.firefox 2008-07-28 08:28:34.745 firefox-bin[14691:10b] Error loading /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Photo Center Plugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Photo Center Plugin: dlopen(/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Photo Center Plugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Photo Center Plugin, 262): Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libcrypto.0.9.dylib
7/28/08 8:28:34 AM [0x0-0x657657].org.mozilla.firefox Referenced from: /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Photo Center Plugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Photo Center Plugin
7/28/08 8:28:34 AM [0x0-0x657657].org.mozilla.firefox Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
7/28/08 8:28:34 AM [0x0-0x657657].org.mozilla.firefox /usr/lib/libcrypto.0.9.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture
7/28/08 8:28:34 AM [0x0-0x657657].org.mozilla.firefox /usr/lib/libcrypto.0.9.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture
7/28/08 8:28:34 AM [0x0-0x657657].org.mozilla.firefox 2008-07-28 08:28:34.746 firefox-bin[14691:10b] Error loading /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Photo Center Plugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Photo Center Plugin: dlopen(/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Photo Center Plugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Photo Center Plugin, 262): Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libcrypto.0.9.dylib
7/28/08 8:28:34 AM [0x0-0x657657].org.mozilla.firefox Referenced from: /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Photo Center Plugin.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Photo Center Plugin
7/28/08 8:28:34 AM [0x0-0x657657].org.mozilla.firefox Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
7/28/08 8:28:34 AM [0x0-0x657657].org.mozilla.firefox /usr/lib/libcrypto.0.9.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture
7/28/08 8:28:34 AM [0x0-0x657657].org.mozilla.firefox /usr/lib/libcrypto.0.9.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture
7/28/08 8:38:27 AM com.apple.launchd[202] (0x10c9a0.Locum[14726]) Exited: Terminated
7/28/08 8:38:32 AM Disk Utility[14727] ********
7/28/08 8:38:32 AM Disk Utility[14727] Disk Utility started.
7/28/08 8:38:39 AM Disk Utility[14727] Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD”
7/28/08 8:38:39 AM Disk Utility[14727] Reading permissions database.
7/28/08 8:38:39 AM Disk Utility[14727] Reading the permissions database can take several minutes.
7/28/08 8:38:58 AM SystemUIServer[222] found device
7/28/08 8:39:38 AM Backup[7930] * -[NSConditionLock unlockWithCondition:]: lock (<NSConditionLock: 0x1453c380> '(null)') unlocked from thread which did not lock it
7/28/08 8:39:38 AM Backup[7930] * Break on _NSLockError() to debug.
7/28/08 8:39:38 AM Backup[7930] * -[NSConditionLock dealloc]: lock (<NSConditionLock: 0x1453c380> '(null)') deallocated while still in use
7/28/08 8:39:38 AM Backup[7930] * Break on _NSLockError() to debug.
7/28/08 8:40:26 AM com.apple.launchd[202] (0x10e0e0.Locum[14762]) Exited: Terminated
7/28/08 8:40:30 AM com.apple.launchd[202] (0x10e0e0.Locum[14767]) Exited: Terminated
7/28/08 8:41:15 AM com.apple.launchd[202] (0x10de40.Locum[14770]) Exited: Terminated
7/28/08 8:43:35 AM Disk Utility[14727] Permissions differ on "Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app/Contents/Resources/lanArrow.png", should be -rwxrwxr-x , they are -rw-rw-r-- .
7/28/08 8:43:35 AM Disk Utility[14727] Permissions differ on "Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app/Contents/Resources/lanCheck.png", should be -rwxrwxr-x , they are -rw-rw-r-- .
7/28/08 8:43:35 AM Disk Utility[14727] Permissions differ on "Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app/Contents/Resources/lanDisabled.png", should be -rwxrwxr-x , they are -rw-rw-r-- .
7/28/08 8:43:35 AM Disk Utility[14727] Permissions differ on "Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app/Contents/Resources/wanArrow.png", should be -rwxrwxr-x , they are -rw-rw-r-- .
7/28/08 8:43:35 AM Disk Utility[14727] Permissions differ on "Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app/Contents/Resources/wanCheck.png", should be -rwxrwxr-x , they are -rw-rw-r-- .
7/28/08 8:43:35 AM Disk Utility[14727] Permissions differ on "Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app/Contents/Resources/wanDisabled.png", should be -rwxrwxr-x , they are -rw-rw-r-- .
7/28/08 8:44:30 AM Disk Utility[14727] Group differs on "private/etc/cups", should be 0, group is 26.
7/28/08 8:44:36 AM Disk Utility[14727]
7/28/08 8:44:36 AM Disk Utility[14727] Permissions repair complete
7/28/08 8:44:36 AM Disk Utility[14727]
7/28/08 8:44:36 AM Disk Utility[14727]
7/28/08 9:18:16 AM com.apple.launchd[202] (0x10a8a0.Locum[14872]) Exited: Terminated
7/28/08 11:24:59 AM com.apple.launchd[202] ([0x0-0xe00e].com.apple.finder[224]) Exited: Terminated
7/28/08 12:53:56 PM com.apple.launchd[202] ([0x0-0x67d67d].com.apple.finder[15179]) Exited: Terminated
7/28/08 12:56:38 PM com.apple.launchd[202] ([0x0-0x68c68c].com.apple.finder[15571]) Exited: Terminated
Still no luck.

Could Troubleshoot a Mac Using Screen Share From 30 Km Away?

Hi. How far does Screen Share work? Could it be used to troubleshoot a Mac from another city or from a really far place?
Do you have full access to the other Mac using Screen Share. What can it do?
Gbu.

It would be most accurate to say it works exactly as it would as if you were sitting in front of the actual Mac. For example, if you do something like install software and the other Mac asks you for the admin password for that account, and you don't know it, the installation will not proceed. But otherwise you can click and drag and type anything you want.
Screen sharing works a lot like the other "sharing" services on a Mac, it is primarily and most easily used on a local network, but there are ways to use Screen Sharing across the Internet. They are the same ways as for any other network sharing service, which is, you have to know the IP address of the router that the Mac is behind, and there must be a port open the router to let outsiders in who know the password, and then you tunnel through to the actual Mac you want. You can look up Mac screen sharing over the web in Google.

How can I use screen share of my mac mini? Problems validating

I recently purchased a mac mini to act as my home media server for audio as my airport express was not playing nicely with my Peachtree DAC. Anyway, I have set up sharing on the mac mini and can't figure out how to connect from my wife's Macbook, or her iPad. (I use a PC, so would welcome advice if available on how to connect across platforms as well.) My goal is to set up the mac mini without a monitor or keyboard connected to it and have it sit with our main stereo.
I am able to connect to the mac mini via my wife's macbook IF I ask for permission and I grant it from the mac mini. However, I am unable to connect no matter what I try if I try to log in as a registered user. I have tried to add her as a user to the mac mini, I have tried to log in as a guest, and I have tried to log in with a password but no matter what I try, I get an authentication error when I try to log in as an authorized user. For more clarity, here is what I have tried:
1. Added authorized users on the mac mini. I created a user name for "jeff", "maureen", and "lastname_maureen" on the mac mini and provided a password for each user. "jeff" and "maureen" are just created on the mac mini, and "lastname_maureen" is the user name of my wife's computer. I confirmed the passwords, and still am unable to connect. I have allowed any user on the network to access screen share, and no matter what I do I get an authentication error. Again, if I attempt to log in from my wife's computer by asking permission, it works fine but I can't figure out how to set up an account to login. Please help. Thanks!

Have you tried connecting one to the HDMI output, and another to the Thunderbolt port (with the appropriate Mini DisplayPort-to-other connection adapter as needed)?

I'm trying to use Mountain Lion Server so my family can have separate logins via Screen Share to their iTunes.

Using Mountain Lion Server so my family can have separate logins and connect via Screen Share.
Works great, each has their own home directory and permissions are perfect.
Now setting up iTunes for each with their own Library (not shared), thus keeping multiple Libraries.
I get this;
This Computer is already associated with an Apple ID.
If you download past purchases with your Apple ID, you
cannot auto-download past purchases with a different
Apple ID for 90 days.
What!
So what it is on the same computer, they are completely separate Libraries never to be mixed.
If this works, I only need to keep one computer up and running, instead of three.
Each can do their syncing/backup and connect to the various Airplay/AppleTVs I have around the house.
How do I fix this.
Thanks

Bottom line is you can't - easily.
You need to make sure that you log out of the server each time otherwise the ID is running. To explain, if you had a laptop with different people using it, your solution works fine. Each time someone logs in, the iTunes ID is different so it works as you can only have one person using the laptop at any one time.
Now, turning your problem inside-out, you want people to be able to log into iTunes concurrently to use their own version of the program with their own library. This does not seem to work and you get the conflicted ID error message. Even though iTunes is running under their own login ident, I have never been able to get this working reliably and was told that iTunes is NOT a network-aware application as it is designed to be single user.
The way I got around this was to login as XYZ and to make sure that the ID was changed in iTunes accordingly. However, it did not always work so I gave up with the whole thing.

Error in Plugin Installation For MS Office 2013 on Windows 8 and 8.1

Hello,
We have developed an installer for MS Word and MS Excel plugins. So far it has been working fine for MS Office 2003, 2007 etc. but since I have upgraded to a Windows 8.1 machine with MS Office 2013 installed, the plugin installation is giving error.
The installation fails and an error dialog appears with Error Code Type: Error, Error:1, Owner:30a.
The installer works well for MS Office 2010 on Windows 8/ 8.1 machine or MS Office 2010 on Windows 7 machine.

HiDinesh,
Is there any other error message when installation fails?
According to this error message “Error Code Type: Error, Error:1, Owner:30a.”
This is problem conclusion provided by IBM:
This issue is no longer reproducible in V6R2012x.
Installation checks have been modified to throw an error only when none of the Office applications
(Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) are installed. This error will not occur if one or more of the Office products are installed.
For more detail information:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1HE09464
Please Note: Since the web site is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.
If there is anything I can do for you regarding this issue, feel free to post back.
Best regards,
Greta Ge
TechNet Community Support
It's recommended to download and install
Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT), which is developed by Microsoft Support teams. Once the tool is installed, you can run it at any time to scan for hundreds of known issues in Office
programs.

No Video, No Screen share, No idea how to use it.

I have only ever used iChat to msg back and forth with friends overseas. However, in the last few years I have converted my whole family to Apple and they want to start video chatting. I have read countless discussions and maybe I'm not looking in the right area because really I have no idea how to look for an answer when I not sure what the right question is.
So here is my question. How do I set this thing up? I do not know that much about routers and ports and all that but I will list what I have and maybe someone can help me out. I as well as the rest of my family have iChat4.0.7 and Running 10.5.6 for the OS. I am hooked up to the internet via wireless router Lynksys WRT350N. I know how to set the router up so that it's not broadcasting it's name and so it has a hefty password but that's about it. When it comes to ports and know where to type in TCP 5190, 5220, 5222, 5223, 5298 or UDP 5190, 5297, 5298, 5353, 5678, 16393-16402 I have no clue.
I log onto ichat via AIM and Google. For my Google it is connected to talk.google.com for the server out port 5223 and use SSL is checked as far as AIM the server it slogin.oscar.aol.com port 5190 and use SSL is checked.
By the way I can share screens with my wife in house on the same router but not otherwise.
I used to be able to share screens and log onto my edit suite across town when I had to remotely help another editor but now when I bought my new MacBook Pro I can not do that anymore. This might be a completely different topic that should be listed under a share screen discussion board... not found that one yet.
If more information is needed please let me know and I would be glad to give what I know to fix this. It really should not be this hard but for me it seems to have stumped me really good.

Ok,
There are different methods of opening ports or allowing applications to use ports in a modem or router.
AS you want to Screen Share then it would be best to use UPnP (Universal Plug n Play).
Te Linksys will have this in the Adminstration page of it's set up page s that you can access in a web browser.
Use these Instructions only as far as gaining access then go to the Administration page/tab.
Enable UPnP
Go to the Security tab and Allow it to Respond to Anonymous Pings
Lets us know when you have done that.
9:03 PM Thursday; December 18, 2008

Is it possible to screen share an old iMac running 10.4 with a new Mac Mini running Yosemite

Is it possible to screen share an old iMac running 10.4 with a new Mac Mini running Yosemite. I am trying to bring the old iMac screen up on the Yosemite system

Hello! Not out of the box: OS X Mountain Lion: About screen sharing You'll have to look for third-party options like Teamviewer

Can't access the web but can screen share and secure shell on my network???

Hi,
I don't know if this is relevant, but I installed a security patch along with a safari patch the other day and the next morning, I could not access the internet, however I can do things like screen share and ssh. I cannot however view internal websites on my network, whether I'm connected via airport or ethernet cable (attached to either time capsule or the modem directly). Whenever I try to go to a website in either firefox or Safari, I get a message saying I'm not connected to the internet and a "Network Diagnostics" button (which says it cannot fix my problem). Here is what I've tried:
-Repair Disk (everything OK)
-Repair Permissions
-Restart computer
-Turn Airport card off then on
-Restart modem and routers, one by one in daisy chain order (and then restarted computer)
-Tried different browsers
-Tried connecting directly to modem via Ethernet cable in addition to wireless
-Restored the System from a time-capsule backup from Sept. 6th (noticed the problem on the 10th)
-Turned off my firewall
-Created a new user account and tried it
-Let my computer remain off for a half hour
-Zapped the p-ram
Here's what I've confirmed I CAN'T do:
-Access the web via either Safari or firefox (haven't tried any other browsers)
-Access the Software Update Server
-My iCal calendars cannot access the webdav server
Surprisingly, here's what I've confirmed I CAN do:
-Ping other computers on my network
-Use the Screen Sharing App. with computers on my network
-Access the internet from every other computer on my network (4 of them)
-ssh to other computers on my network
I've been using my computer infrequently lately, and I'm not sure when the last time was I accessed the internet or for that matter when I performed the security patching, but I'm pretty sure it was within the last week and a half. I really don't want to try restoring from an earlier backup, but I'm reaching the end of my rope. Anyone have any other ideas? I'm fresh out.
Rob

The problem was either the Security Patch 2010-005 or the Safari update (though I don't have the version number in front of me). Note, I had ignored the iTunes 10 update. I assume that I must have miscalculated the date I performed the updates because the problem persisted after restore from a Sept. 6th backup off my time capsule.
I went to the Apple Store and they were able to restore full internet access by performing a 10.5.8 combo-update. When we ran Software Update at the Apple Store, the 3 updates were again there available for download, but I am going to ignore them all because of this issue. The people at the apple store agreed that it was the update which caused the problem.
Rob

CAN'T SCREEN SHARE! TRIED EVERYTHING! PLEASE HELP!

My girlfriend just got a new Macbook and I've been helping her set it up across campus though our network at my university. It worked fine and then one day it didn't. Every time she asks or I ask to share her screen it gives this error to both of us:
"Failed to start Screen Sharing because: Screen sharing could not be established."
I've been reading discussions on how to fix this for 2 weeks now and nothing has seemed to work. What is weird though is that I can screen share PERFECTLY with my Uncle who lives in Wisconsin (I am in Arkansas) from campus. However, I can't seem to connect to my girlfriend's computer who is simply just a few buildings away.
The following is what we've tried:
1. Switch from wired to wireless network
2. *Set "System Prefs>Quicktime>Streaming" to "1.5 Mbps T1/Intranet/LAN"
3. *Set "iChat Prefs>Audio/Video>Bandwidth Limit to both "500" and "None"
4. *Both computers have a firewall set to "Allow all incoming connections"
5. *When #4 didn't work we set firewall to "Set access for specific services and applications > iChat.app set to "Allow incoming connections"
6. Rebooted both Macs
7. Deleted all com.apple.iChat.X.plist files and started over fresh
8. *Enabled "Screen Sharing" in System Prefs>Sharing
*Restarted iChat afterwards
I think that's all. It is just really frustrating because I can screen share with someone clear across the nation but not someone who is on my same network. The only difference is that she is using a Gmail account through AOL and I am using a @me.com address. I thought maybe Gmail wasn't working so I had her switch to an AOL account and still same error.
We cannot port forward for obvious reasons at school but it worked before and nothing on the firewall has changed. I work at the IT department at our university and spoke with the person who runs the Firewall and supposedly there are no blocked ports on the part of the network we use. I know with iChat 4 in Leopard it doesn't use a specific port, it bounces around until it finds one according to article regarding port forwarding and NAT routers and iChat.
The weird part is that when we are both off campus (different houses) and try it, Screen Sharing tries to start, she gets the big words across her screen ("Screen Sharing Started" I think...) and we can hear about 5 seconds of audio and then it errors out again. I really want to get this working can someone please tell me how? This is really frustrating.
Thanks,
-jg

Hi,
First off from reading this it should be an AIM valid name (@mac.com, AIM or @me.com) to AIM valid name or
a Jabber valid name (which includes Googletalk valid Gmail IDs) to another Jabber valid name
(that is both should be using the same type of Buddy list)
As you say the Apple Doc on this is not clear on the Screen Sharing part - listing only the changes to the AV ports compared to the Previous Doc (Now article HT1507). It does not mention the Screen Sharing at all.
Reading around suggests the Screen Sharing is based on Apple Remote Desktop and reading the com.apple.ichatAgent.plist with QuickLook shows a reference to a ARD link/process. (the same can be seen if you install Developers Tools from the Install disk which will give you Property List Editor which will open the .plist files).
The Article TS16929 (Previously Doc 106439 shows that Apple Remote Desktop uses port 5900 and 5988.
Having said that though I run Little Snitch, an application that monitors and reports which IPs and Ports and application is trying to use. This shows me a completely random port in the 15xxx range along side the AV port 16402 for the Audio component. It maybe that Apple Remote Desktop also moves to a random port after it has established a connection.
Most people fail on the Audio part and get the standard Log Pop up screen to send or not to Apple - BUT you clearly have the other message...
"Failed to start Screen Sharing because: Screen sharing could not be established."
.... which is unrelated to the Audio part.
This would clearly put things in to the realms of a firewall or setting issue with possibly modem/router or LAN features getting in the way. (Leaving aside ISP related things for the moment).
You say iChat is in the Allowed Specifics List in the Leopard Firewall.
You say that nothing has changed on the Campus Firewall and can connect Off-site form On-site so it would seem not to be there.
On this last issue, check if they have introduced a Streaming cap on Intra-Site links. They may be trying to prevent other things such as Peer-to-Peer File Sharing or thing like everyone sharing their iTunes Libraries and other similar activities. The ability to Share Optical Drives re MacBook Airs maybe a factor.
I would tend to look towards your girlfriend's Mac.
Since iChat 2 it seems that some failed chats seem to hold on to ports or have some hold over the Network going on.
It seems most common when in System Preferences > Network the drop down at the top listing "Location" is left at the Automatic Default.
There are essentially two fixes for this.
1) Set up another Location and copy the settings across and switch between the two to force the Network to re-establish itself.
2)A longer way of clearing what is going on.
a) Shut any Airport card down if using WiFi
b) Shut down the computer.
c) Disconnect any Ethernet cable from either Computer or routing device (whichever is easier to reach but leave the routing device still connected to the Internet - just isolate the computer from the Internet)
d) Restart the computer (this is with no Internet Connection)
e) Restart iChat.
f) Restart Airport card or plug in Ethernet cable.
g) Using the Buddy List, select Available and make iChat Login (can also be done from the iChat Menu (> Accounts submenu in iChat 4)
On your last paragraph I would ask if you can Video chat at this set of locations ?
This is because in this scenario a feature of one of the modems may be an issue.
Some modems and routers have DOS (Denial of Service) or SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection) protection. These tend to be threshold based and have no setting control in the devices set up pages (other than On or Off).
iChat can stream so much data, particularly in Video chats over what are now quite high Internet speeds that a DOS feature will consider it an Internet attack and cut the port involved. SPI tends to be judging whether the data stream is valid and does not seem to keep up and the result is the same.
In Video chats the end that has the Problem tends to get a Error -7 In the Log.
The Other end gets the "No Data for 10 Secs" message.
Summary.
Essentially though as you have tried a deletion of all the .plists for iChat and you imply both ends it is more likely something about the Network or how the Mac thinks Network resources are already allocated.
There is not an easy .plist deletion for this hence the two methods listed above.
NOTEs: 1) #8 in your list is not related to iChat.
This is what you can now use of Apple Remote Desktop itself. It has it's own Screen Sharing app (without Audio like iChat) that is invoked from the Finder's Go Menu > Go to Serve and entering a VCN:// IP address. (As a System Application, as it were, it is in /System/Core Services/Screen Sharing.app)
It does need both Macs to have the Setting Enabled as you have done it #8 though
2) Some ISPs it is suggested block Screen Sharing. (Verizon was the name I heard mentioned). How they tell what the data steam is specifically I do not know as it would seem that the Audio part of an iChat Screen share would make it look like an A/V chat and that Apple Remote Desktop must be a valid way of working for some people. However iChat is Peer-to-Peer in AV chats and Screen Sharing and some ISPs are known to actively work against these file sharing apps that bear the same generic term.
In your case I do not think this applies as you can Connect Off site via whatever ISP your Campus uses.
I hope this helps.
9:58 PM Wednesday; October 1, 2008

Can't connect via Screen Share or Web Server, but can ping and ssh

Bit of an odd problem here.
My Mountain Lion Mac Pro (called "Trogdor" for convenience) is connected to my work university network. I can ping it from anywhere-- elsewhere on the network, from home behind a firewall. Can connect over ssh from everywhere. I can also connect to other computers (on the same network or at home behind a firewall) from Trogdor via ssh, Screen Sharing, etc.
But I can't Screen Share into Trogdor, and I can't connect to Trogdor's built-in web server, either system-wide (in /Library/WebServer) or for my username (~/Sites). (I can connect to the web server from Trogdor.)
Note that I can do both of these for other computers on the same network (same subnet, etc), so it's not a network issue. I can't do these from anywhere: same network or from home. I have this problem whether I use Trogdor's hostname or its IP address. (I can look up its hostname using the IP address with the "host" tool in Terminal, and vice versa.)
So it sounds like a port issue, right? Except I don't think I've ever messed with my port settings directly. How do I diagnose the problem? Should I scan my ports? Can I return port settings to default?
Thanks!
Message was edited by: supercres

Bit of an odd problem here.
My Mountain Lion Mac Pro (called "Trogdor" for convenience) is connected to my work university network. I can ping it from anywhere-- elsewhere on the network, from home behind a firewall. Can connect over ssh from everywhere. I can also connect to other computers (on the same network or at home behind a firewall) from Trogdor via ssh, Screen Sharing, etc.
But I can't Screen Share into Trogdor, and I can't connect to Trogdor's built-in web server, either system-wide (in /Library/WebServer) or for my username (~/Sites). (I can connect to the web server from Trogdor.)
Note that I can do both of these for other computers on the same network (same subnet, etc), so it's not a network issue. I can't do these from anywhere: same network or from home. I have this problem whether I use Trogdor's hostname or its IP address. (I can look up its hostname using the IP address with the "host" tool in Terminal, and vice versa.)
So it sounds like a port issue, right? Except I don't think I've ever messed with my port settings directly. How do I diagnose the problem? Should I scan my ports? Can I return port settings to default?
Thanks!
Message was edited by: supercres

Special Keys(Ctrl-opt-esc) in Screen Share no longer working after latest update

I typically remote into a machine back home through icloud once or twice a week to help my wife kill a program that can get stuck. I used to be able to send command+opt+esc to get to the remote computers force quit applications window. But now when I do that after the latest update, it only does it on my computer and no longer send the command to the remote screen share session.
Anyone else experience this or have a fix?
-Dan

(A) Try reset iPad
Hold the Sleep/Wake and Home button down together until you see the Apple Logo.
Note: Data will not be affected.
(B) Close all apps in the multi-task window
1.Double-click the Home button.
2. Swipe the app's preview up to close it.
3. Preview will fly off the screen.

Since updating to Lion I can no longer screen share on Snow Leopard

Hi all,
I'm hoping someone might have some insight to the problem I'm experiencing with Screen Sharing. I have two macs that I use - one is a Mac Mini 2010 Server model running Snow Leopard. The other is a MacBook that is running Lion.
Since updating to Lion on the notebook, I can no longer access screen sharing through the Mac mini to the MacBook (Can't see the Lion screen through the computer with snow leopard). I AM able to screen share the other way (see the snow leopard screen through the macbook running Lion).
It's aggrivating, in as much as these computers are on two different floors of my company, and being able to see the screen makes life easier.
I should also point out that I am able to successfully share the hard drives / files between both computers going back and forth (Snow Leopard to Lion and Lion to Snow Leopard) - it's just the screen sharing that no longer functions. When I attempt to access the other computer screen it will act like it is signing in but just hangs and does nothing.
I know there is probably much more information that someone will need to help me solve this, but I don't know where to look. But I'm hoping that with at least this much information you might be able to tell me where to look to get this corrected.
Much thanks.

Nathan Miah wrote:
Is there absolutely anything else I could do to sort this such as phone Apple Support
If you want.
or maybe install Snow Leopard using the disc it came on with my Mac and just set it up from a Time Machine Backup on my external hard drive (since it works under SL)?
Did you install Lion on an empty partition, or did you upgrade Snow Leopard? If you upgraded, I'd not recommend erasing it, since your backups are apparently gone. It's doubtful Snow Leopard will recognize them.
It's not just backups on the drive either, there are other important things on there, so why won't they show?
Mixing Time Machine backups and other data is not a good idea. See #3 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions. It sounds like the whole disk is corrupted.
I just really don't understand how this happened. Could it not be an issue with WD because they haven't issued firmware to support Lion yet?
If this is a simple external HD, connected by USB or FireWire, no, unless you installed some of WD's software on it. That shouldn't prevent it from being seen at all, but anything's possible.

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