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Message on the remote screen

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2889)
Jan 28, 2022 4:52:20 pm EST
Hello Christopher,

So, when I'm connected the user sees the message and when I disconnect, the message goes away.

I'm glad to hear it works for you now!

Please feel free to post another message if you have more questions or need our assistance.

Thank you.

Lost connection through proxy settings

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2889)
Jan 28, 2022 4:43:42 pm EST
Hello Peter and Graham,

Could you please provide us the Host log files for examination? You can send them to support@remoteutilities.com.

Looking forward to your replies.

Host Upgrade Blocked by Bitdefender

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2889)
Jan 28, 2022 1:10:12 pm EST
Hello Olivier,

I'm glad to hear that AVG removed the detect and it works for you now!

Please feel free to post another message if you have any questions.

Host Upgrade Blocked by Bitdefender

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2889)
Jan 28, 2022 1:09:12 pm EST
Hello snk-nick,

Thank you for your feedback.

Unfortunately, we do not have any special relationship with a/v software vendors, this is why we always asking our users to submit a false positive report as well, since the a/v vendors are more likely to actually pay attention in case if the report comes from their own customer and resolve the issue faster. In addition, as I mentioned earlier, we submit false positive reports ourselves on a regular basis as well, but, unfortunately, sometimes it might take a while to even reach some vendors.
We're sorry to hear about BitDefender, we will definitely try contacting them once again. We apologize for the inconvenience.

I'll let you know once we get a reply from BitDefender.

Simple Upgrade fails - blocked by Bitdefender

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2889)
Jan 27, 2022 4:14:26 pm EST
Hello,

Thank you for your message.

We will immediately submit a false positive report to BitDefender, so that they can remove the detect. It would be also helpful if you could submit a false positive to them as well, since it's more likely that they'll more pay attention to a false positive report from their own existing customer and, hopefully, this will speed up the issue resolution.
You can submit a false positive report as described here. We also recommend that you add Remote Utilities installation folders to the exception list as well, just in case. Sorry for the inconvenience.

2) If that doesn't work, how can i update the remote host PC. I can access directly that PC, so I can do whatever I need by sitting in front of the remote PC.

Please try downloading the vanilla Host installer from our Download page here and simply running it on your Host machine, over the existing installation. This will update the Host's current version, but will keep all of your current settings intact.

We'll keep you updated on this and will let you know as soon as there are any updates on the issue from BitDefender.

Please let us know if you have more questions.

Closed Laptop Lid Prevents Use

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2889)
Jan 27, 2022 3:58:00 pm EST
Hello Tomaz,

Thank you for your message.

Please try enabling the Use legacy capture mode checkbox in the Host Settings -> Other tab and see if this helps to resolve the issue. After enabling the feature please make sure to restart Host in order for the changes to be applied.
In addition, please make sure that your Host and Viewer are updated to the same version (the latest version as of this writing is 7.1.2.0) as the version mismatch might lead to performance issues or some features not working.
Las but not least, please note that this solution for similar issues with the Full Control mode not functioning properly for example, on headless machines, has been included in one of our troubleshooting KB pages here.

Hope that helps.

Lost connection through proxy settings

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2889)
Jan 27, 2022 3:32:00 pm EST
Hello Graham,

Please try pinging our servers at id.remoteutilities.com as described in this guide and let us know the results.

Looking forward to your reply.

can't exit full screen

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2889)
Jan 27, 2022 3:27:17 pm EST
Hello Sue,

Thank you for your message.

Please try using the F12 key - it will switch you between view modes. Alternatively, you can also select the view mode in the Connection Properties window -> Mode tab.

Hope that helps.

Need the viewer_70020.msi to uninstall so I can update to never version

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2889)
Jan 27, 2022 1:15:16 pm EST
Hello Brad,

Thank you for your message.

Please try using this Microsoft tool that helps to automatically repair issues when you're blocked from installing, updating or removing software. You need to download the troubleshooter tool, run it and follow the steps provided by the wizard.

Hope that helps.

Host Upgrade Blocked by Bitdefender

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2889)
Jan 27, 2022 1:07:30 pm EST
Hello Olivier,

Thank you for your message.

Unfortunately, this is a pretty common practice for the new releases since modern a/v software detections are almost entirely based on statistics, AI and heuristics - it will take some time, perhaps, a couple of months before the dust with the false positive detects settles.
However, please note that we send false positive reports to the antivirus software vendors on a regular basis, so that they can remove the false positives. In this case, you've already submitted a false positive report, so hopefully the AVG team will resolve the issue as soon as possible, since it's coming fr om their own customer.  

Unfortunately, our assistance with the antivirus-related issues is very limited since we have no control over their software or detects - in this case, we can suggest temporarily disabling the antivirus when installing Host and adding the Host installation folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Remote Utilities - Host\ to the exception list as described here before turning the a/v back on.
In case if AVG only removes your custom Host installation package, as a temporary workaround please try installing vanilla Host from our Download page first, then adding the installation folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Remote Utilities - Host\ to the AVG exception list (I also suggest adding the folder wh ere you want to store the custom installation package to the exception list as well). Then you can run your custom Host installer over the existing installation - this will update the default Host settings and overwrite them with your custom ones.

Please let us know if you have more questions.