We have used Netmeeting (Remote Desktop Sharing) in some support situations in the past but it’s no longer installed with Vista
I found this hotfix that allows you to install Netmeeting 3.02 on a Vista PC
However, What you can’t do is setup Remote Desktop Sharing on that Vista PC. You can still connect to older versions of Netmeeting (e.g XP) though
Microsoft have replaced Netmeeting with Windows Meeting Space but with Remote Desktop and Remote Assistance (which is amazing with SBS!) still being my preferred remote support options this isn’t something i’m too worried about
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Hi,
I’m not sure I’ve come to the right place… I have Vista home premuim on my home computer. I do work from home and occassionaly have the need to do live web cast trainings from my home computer. I did download Netmeeting on my computer and found out that my “sharing” option is not available (grayed out). So is “sharing from desktop”. What do you suggest?
Suzanne
Hi Suzanne
You wont be able to use Netmeeting on vista for sharing your desktop or applications i’m afraid.
As far as i’m aware there isn’t a native tool for Vista that covers this
Had quick look and found this post
http://www.kolabora.com/news/2006/10/05/screen_sharing_tools_and_technology.htm
Hope it is of some help?
hi
i installed the patch and put netmeeting on my vista
the webcam does not work
it says at the begining which cam do i want to use but in the main screen no cam
is this a problem on vista?
glenn
Difficult to say Glen
The Microsoft article i mentioned states this
“Cameras that have Windows Vista drivers may be unable to send video through NetMeeting 3.02. If a camera that has Windows Vista drivers installed does not send video through NetMeeting 3.02, you may have to install the following camera:
Microsoft LifeCam VX 6000
This camera has been tested by using Windows Vista drivers.”
Hi,
I try to installing NetMeeting in Vista. Windows return error message “RunDll Error!!!”.
So bad.
Thanks
NetMeeting was useful for H323 video-communication… 3 Italia (www.tre.it) uses NetMeeting to make video-calls from your mobile phone to a webcam 🙂
Netmeeting works only within LAN .If u like to use netmeeting over internet u can try this software:
http://www.lanoninternet.com
As far as I know, Netmeeting has been decommissioned since Windows Vista and there is no hotfix to it as it does not work properly. However, Netmeeting has been very well replaced by web conferencing, which is much more powerful and flexible. There are two types of web conferencing solutions: hosted (e.g., WebEx, gotomeeting or gomeetnow) and on-premise (e.g., Lync software package or RHUB appliances).
Aliasgar
Thanks for the comment. You do realise the original post was made in 2007 though?