Tips for Disabling Remote Assistance on Various Versions of Windows OS

Microsoft Windows is the first most name that comes in thoughts of almost every user’s mind

while going for an Operating System. On our working PC’s Windows OS is the most beloved one

with a huge list of features inbuilt, including remote assistance. Remote assistance feature

enables user with accessing or controlling some other remote Windows computer connected

over network from his own PC screen.

Remote assistance may be used in several aspects, be it remotely fixing your computer device

through technical assistance or sharing files. The very emerging concept is of Remote Computer

Repair has emerged as a boon for users, saving them from the hassled task of sending the PC

back to the manufacturer or hauling the machine to a repair store.

Well there is several software that supports remote assistance to users. But depending on third

party applications is not a wiser decision every single time. And not even that’s required when

you are going for Windows. Windows is the only Operating system that comes with an inbuilt

Windows remote assistance feature that is activated on every PC. Backend scenario

The feature is by default enabled and activated on every version of Windows OS. But things

that are not well discussed and/or explained about this feature is the risks and issues associated

with the activation of this feature. So it is essential to disable the feature when it’s not used

consistently.

The wider choices of Windows OS and its several versions make it bit complex to look for the

steps to disable this feature on your PC. Some most commonly used ones are Windows 7,

Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 8 and more. Well it’s noticeably only a bit difference in

the steps to disable this tool for each of these OS. Let’s just discuss a brief scenario for the steps

to disable remote assistance on several OS.

Steps for Windows Vista and Windows 7:-

Initially press Window + Break together; this step helps in summoning the System Window.

Now click over remote settings in the appeared list (onto the left). Where in Windows Vista user

will need to enter the administrator password for continuing. Then look for the check mark box

that reads Allow Remote Assistance Connection, disable it from there. Finally click over the

check box against “Don't Allow Connections to This Computer in Remote Desktop section”.

Finish the process by clicking OK and then close the window to get out.

Steps for Windows 8:-

Open the charms bar by pressing a combination of Windows + C key.

Go to Control panel-> Settings-> System and Security-> check the box for Allow Remote Access

& remove the checkmark for the box against Allow remote connection to this computer. Finish

by clicking Apply and then OK.

If you still feel the need for support, contact Online Tech Support Services and avail Microsoft

Operating System Support to accomplish the task easily and hassle free. Sunrise PC Support is

available on +1-888-502-1607.