
If you need, for example, to install software that requires administrative permissions. For administrative tasks, you will need to elevate.
User is not in administrator mode – Remote user is not a local administrator on the machine. User mode: Administrator – Remote user is a local administrator on the machine. There are two sharing options, full control or view only. Depending on the permission requested either for you to control the remote mouse or only the view the screen. Helper: Remote Desktop session started and connected. Requestor: If you trust the person requesting the access click the Allow button. Helper: Choose whether you want to request ‘Take full control’ to do actions on the remote session or if only ‘View screen’ is needed and you can guide the remote person. Let the person you want to help know the code, by either email, phone, chat or whatever means you got of contact. The name will be displayed to the remote part when requesting sharing options later in the process. Helper: Verify it is your correct Microsoft Account that it’s signed into. Otherwise use an existing Microsoft Account or create a new one. Helper: If the login account is associated with a Windows Cloud Account you are good to continue. Helper: Click the Assist another person button. Simply hit the Windows button and type in ‘Quick Assist’. Helper: Starts Quick Assist on a Windows 10 machine. To start a remote control do the following ( Helper is the person who remotes in to help and the Requestor is the person who requests assistance/help): It is really easy to start and the application will guide you through the process.
Therefore you don’t need to worry about opening up security on the Windows Firewall for this to work. There is no direct peer to peer connection since both clients connect to the Microsoft cloud. The person helping also requires a Microsoft Account. It requires both machines to be running Windows 10 and an internet connection. The Quick Assist application needs to be started on both sides. Easily found in the Windows start menu or search. Its executable, quickassist.exe, is found at c:\windows\system32. It has been there since the Anniversary Update (1607) and still, it seems so few know about it. Quick Assist is a built-in remote control application in Windows 10.