Thomas' Work Space

• If you have Windows XP on your office computer, we can use MS-Messenger (ver 4.7) “Application Sharing”  to provide immediate live assistance with computer problems in remote parts (also useful for collaboration with colleagues on documents, including web pages, when a phone call is too little and a meeting is too much).
• click “Start”, “Run”, type (or copy/paste): “C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe“, click “OK”
• Initial setup (you have to do this only once)
• “Add a .net passport to your windows xp user account”:
• Email account
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• Users of http://hale-translation.groups.live.com/, http://hale-interpreting.groups.live.com/, or the  Interpreting online calendar (http://calendar.live.com) can re-use their windows live account
• Other users can use existing hotmail/windows live accounts or create a new hotmail/windows live  account (you may want to create a separate account for work related messaging)
• On your office computer, also check the checkbox to “Associate your account with your windows user account”, like here: , when asking for help on a student computer, uncheck this
• Add “Thomas_plagwitz” at “hotmail.com” as a contact (initially, I will have to accept this before you can contact me):
• Click on “I Want To … Add A Contact” (green plus sign)
•  Once set up with Messenger like described here, go to PART II.

• Once set up, if you have Windows XP on your office computer, we can use MS-Messenger “Application Sharing” to provide immediate live assistance with computer problems in remote parts (also useful for collaboration with colleagues on documents, including web pages, when a phone call is too little and a meeting is too much).

Click “Start”, “Run”, type (or copy/paste): “C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe“, click “OK”.

• Start a conversation by double clicking on the user icon (“Thomas Plagwitz” or whoever) in your contact list.
• Right Menu: Section: “I want to” / “Start Application Sharing”
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• All is well if the other party has “accepted your invitation”, like above – allow some time for the screen sharing to start up on old computers.
• When a dialogue comes up which asks you which application to share, use “Desktop”, like below  – this will allow the other party to see your screen. 
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• At the end of the session, “Unshare” your desktop, or simply end the “conversation”.