Why the heck would anyone want to use Netmeeting on Vista? The Windows Meeting Space is built in and is far superior and has a feature set that is much more useful…but if your corporate masters are WAY behind the times (despite the millions of Microsoft investments)…..here’s how to get it working…
Thanks to BlackDiamond’s post at TechRepublic, here is how to do it:
- Download NM30.EXE from Microsoft.com
- Save the executable to your computer somewhere
- Right click on the file and select “Properties”.
- Click the “Compatibility” tab.
- Put a check in “Run This Program In Compatibility Mode For:”.
- Select Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 5).
- Click “OK”.
- Double click the shortcut and install normally.Yeah….NetMeeting now works in Vista.
When you run NetMeeting you will be able to enter all the information as normal and will have to unblock netmeeting in the firewall.
The only thing that does not appear to be working is the Remote Desktop Sharing option, if anyone knows how to make it work, let us know!
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March 6, 2007 at 12:39 am |
Desktop sharing is not available? Reg Patch?
March 12, 2007 at 9:30 am |
Remote desktop sharing works for me. I am using secure connections though.
March 12, 2007 at 9:31 am |
Let me also add that I am trying to remote control a windows XP PC. I don’t think this will let you remote control a Vista PC.
March 22, 2007 at 5:16 am |
So how is Vista’s meetingspace superior… and how would you collaborate with Win XP users?
March 22, 2007 at 6:30 am |
Isn’t everything on Vista better?
March 22, 2007 at 8:59 am |
Windows Meeting Space is better for its one intended purpose: collaboration.
The one thing I miss from it is the ability to set up Remote Desktop Sharing. DjPiLL’s experiences stated in comments #2 and #3 are correct.
In the past, I could set up Remote Desktop Sharing via NetMeeting so the end user doesn’t have to do anything, and if they need help, I could simply connect.
I know some of you are thinking of one of two things:
1) Isn’t the Remote Desktop/Terminal Services program meant for that?
2) What about Remote Assistance?
Well:
A1) Yes, but the end user can’t see what I’m doing. If I need the end user to describe the problem as we go along, they can’t because, guess what? They’re locked out and can’t see!
B1) I suppose this is a good option, but again, this requires the end user to interface with the Remote Assistance program and send the ticket. Some of them won’t even bother setting a password or an expiration date for the ticket, leaving a far greater security hole than NetMeeting’s Remote Desktop would have.
BlackDiamond’s solution works for controlling a Windows XP client using a Windows Vista host. That much I like! However, with Vista clients, you’ll have to use either Remote Desktop/Terminal Services, Remote Assistance, or a non-Microsoft solution.
March 25, 2007 at 7:50 pm |
Why the heck would anyone want to use Netmeeting on Vista? i will tell you why
because vista meeting only works with ( VISTA USERS ) and as i recall not a lot of fox bought Vista , its not flying of she shelfs .. so thats why having the old school netmeeting will be handy
April 10, 2007 at 7:26 pm |
[…] Windows NetMeeting on Vista !! – Today, 09:26 PM Dont know if anybody here will use NM on vista but ill share the info anyways :-) Here is how to do it: 1. Download NM30.EXE from Microsoft.com 2. Save the executable to your computer somewhere 3. Right click on the file and select Properties. 4. Click the Compatibility tab. 5. Put a check in Run This Program In Compatibility Mode For:. 6. Select Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 5). 7. Click OK. 8. Double click the shortcut and install normally.Yeah.NetMeeting now works in Vista. LINK […]
August 10, 2009 at 3:50 am |
Thanks. I works well for me. Keep posting……..
May 12, 2007 at 7:28 am |
I got windows Netmeeting to install on my Vista using above info. When I tested it with my Brother’s computer (xp) over Internet, I was only able to call him and I was not able to see him call me. And when conncted by former, he could hear me, yet, only things I heard were echoes of my own voice coming back on my speaker. Is my settings in firewall not setup correctly? Or has anyone accomplished this exchange of conversation over Inet using Vista?
May 19, 2007 at 3:30 pm |
You need Netmeetin on Vista as for some innane reason MS has made Meeting Spaces incompatible with it. Therefore making it useless unless the whole planet has Vista.
May 25, 2007 at 12:50 pm |
Hi, when I load Net Meeting, the command propt comes up really quick than goes away. And it does show the listing any where on the bottom screen. Yes, I’m using Vista. Can anyone help me out here?
May 25, 2007 at 12:50 pm |
Doesn’t*
July 17, 2007 at 9:43 am |
Netmeeting on Vista is great, instructions work fine. The reason netmeeting is superior is Windows Meeting Space is designed for computers on the same network (all vista that is) and doesn’t have any “server” capability for remote users to connect to across a a firewall, unless you open ports and set static routes to a PC. Netmeeting allows you to place a sacrifical server outside your firewall, launch Netmeeting and have remote users connect to it and share their desktops. Some web-based collaboration/remote control apps suffer from lag and slow “screen painting” even on fast connections. Netmeeting seems to work better in those cases. Windows Meeting Space was designed to have just enough collaboration power but not enough to replace office communication “Live”server the way netmeeting could sorta do.
July 20, 2007 at 4:11 pm |
You can get Netmeeting 3.02 on Vista by directly requesting it from Microsoft. It will install on Vista without any extra configs. It will let you do incoming application sharing, but not entire desktop. Here are the two links. Outgoing works fine. I didn’t know about the online form and called MS directly and got it within 15 minutes. If you call, you just have to say you are calling for the free patch listed in KB 927853.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927853
and
https://support.microsoft.com/contactus2/emailcontact.aspx?scid=sw;en;1410;&WS=hotfix
July 20, 2007 at 4:14 pm |
Sorry, second link was bad. Try again
https://support.microsoft.com/contactus2/emailcontact.aspx?scid=sw;en;1410&WS=hotfix
September 25, 2007 at 1:37 pm |
>> You need Netmeeting on Vista as for some innane reason MS has made Meeting Spaces incompatible with it. Therefore making it useless unless the whole planet has Vista.
and, you forgot one thing. From MS site, for Meeting Space:
“Users must have global IPv6 addresses or be on the same local subnet.”
I’m not too worried about people on the same local subnet; heck you can just pad down the hallway to look at their computer, and grab yourself a coffee on the way, but people who aren’t sitting in your office? Netmeeting was great for that. Now they have to have IPv6 addresses, and the public broadband carriers ain’t even talking about moving to that yet, publicly at least, so by the time it is practical to count on people IPv6 addresses, Meeting Space will be ancient history. Therefore, it may be a tool that just never happens.
September 25, 2007 at 3:32 pm |
I will try the above steps today and get back to you…. thanks for the helpful information.
October 16, 2007 at 12:30 pm |
Why oh why you ask? Simple. NetMeeting is compatible with video conferencing units, I honestly have no idea if meeting spaces is (but safe to say that it wouldn’t work if the requirements are same subnet or IPv6 addy). Simply put, NetMeeting still has some very important uses and for businesses that had no choice but to jump to Vista and it’s swath of “supposed” enhancements, this is a major shaft for them, especially if they’re small and they ordered from the big boys before XP made its come back.
October 19, 2007 at 12:59 pm |
installed but cannot get the share desktop functionality to work? can anybody please advice how to fix this issue. i am using vista home premium. really need this to work.
November 21, 2007 at 11:05 am |
According to Microsoft, Netmeeting 3.02 only works on the following:
• Windows Vista Business
• Windows Vista Enterprise
• Windows Vista Ultimate
December 17, 2007 at 12:28 pm |
[…] in Windows Vista. Apparently Windows Meeting Space is supposed to take the place of it. You can download NetMeeting for Vista, but it only works on Enterprise, Business or Ultimate. Again, can’t be used in my […]
January 11, 2008 at 4:10 pm |
How do I use remote desktop pn vista….
I can use it on Xp Fine
I need to know becasue I have XP laptop and Vista Desktop
February 18, 2008 at 3:03 pm |
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS NEEDED IT REAL BAD !!!!
February 21, 2008 at 7:58 am |
there is an easier way to netmeeting instead of downloading the file on this website, press the windows button (the one that bring up the start menu) and “r” together, a programme called “run” would come up, type in “conf” (without the speech marks) and netmeeting wizard or netmeeting would come up, this work for vista and xp but desktop sharing does not work on vista though… anyone know how to enable it?
February 26, 2008 at 8:52 pm |
You can try LogMeIn.com if you want to Remote Control a XP or Vista from an XP or Vista… even Windows 98
Also share documents just draging from the remoted control window to your desktop…
February 28, 2008 at 3:28 pm |
Thanks! great howto , who would have thought the compatibility feature actually works.
March 17, 2008 at 2:10 pm |
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March 22, 2008 at 4:08 pm |
it isn t work…I follow the steps
March 22, 2008 at 5:18 pm |
sorry I found mistake in my work..It s working
April 1, 2008 at 11:33 am |
???
“Thank you for contacting Microsoft Customer Service.
We have received your request for a hotfix; however, the hotfix described in article number 927853 for Windows Vista is unavailable.”
June 11, 2008 at 2:41 am |
Did anyone managed to get the hotfix described in article number 927853 for Windows Vista? Does it work for application/desktop sharing? Is it available for download somewhere?
July 19, 2008 at 10:48 am |
Is there any alternative for NM?I am running on Vista Home Basic.As i’ve read in the MS website,it only support
• Windows Vista Business
• Windows Vista Enterprise
• Windows Vista Ultimate
Please advise if there is alternative.Thank you very much.
July 25, 2008 at 5:15 pm |
I got the hotfix via email, no problem for that. I sent it to one of my coworkers who’s having problems with the compatibility issue. He’ll let me know about his tests. I don’t think the “Start, Run, CONF.EXE” trick will work on Vista because is not included on it, as it works on XP.
I uploaded the whole Netmeeting 3.01 and the hotfix to upgrade to 3.02 to Wikifortio, here’s the link for all of you:
http://www.wikifortio.com/788300/Microsoft%20NetMeeting%203.01%20and%20HotFix%203.02.zip
(it will be available for the next 60 days only)
Please ignore the “BAD zip archive” message on Wikifortio, I don’t know why on every zip file I upload there’s that message. The zip file is OK, and no, it’s not infected.
(I know you can see on of my email addresses on the PDFs I included .. no worry, is a special spam-eater-disposable account ;) )
Siddharta,
in MEXICO
July 30, 2008 at 3:53 am |
Alright smart arse – if Netmeeting is so old and useless, how about giving me the lowdown on how to quickly load-up ‘Windows Meeting Space’ and connect to a Polycom unit on the local-area network for testing purposes. By ‘quickly’, I mean as quickly as say, starting Netmeeting (quickly filling out the required fields with bull on the first run) and typing the IP address of the Polycom unit.
Um… how about sending an invite to join ‘Windows Meeting Space’ to the guy in the next office who’s running XP?
Yeah, I thought as much.
I still have uses for Netmeeting because it runs on all manner of machines with virtually every flavour of Windows, is small, is quick, and is not an bloated, gimmick-laden POS. I’m sure plenty of other people also find uses for this application, which is why there is still such a demand for its use today, almost a year and a half since you declared it inferior and useless.
Otherwise useful information if one feels inclined to ignore your supercilious remarks. Maybe it’s something in the air this morning, but I have an overwhelming urge to spill coffee on your keyboard… :P
August 26, 2008 at 1:51 pm |
hey i love netmeeting. I got soo many random girls to take there tops offf…..anyone know of good web cam chats online?
September 9, 2008 at 8:29 pm |
Please suggest, On vista Operating system, i am able to call on netmeeting but not able to receive call on netmeeting, i ahve disabled all firewall and antivirus, still same issue
September 29, 2008 at 7:28 am |
Hi, I installed the Net Meeting on my Vista machine, but not able to share my desktop. Sharing option is disabled, Please suggest.
September 30, 2008 at 11:18 pm |
WMS looks like a nice peice of software, but it’s actually a good example of what is wrong with Vista and the thinking at Microsoft in general.
Our overlords at M$ have decided we should all be using their wonderful new collaboration tool, and no thought is given to the fact that by not shipping NetMeeting with Vista and pseudo-forcing users to use this new software they’re effectively breaking existing functionality.
Microsoft’s “our way or the highway” attitude towards their users, and their disregard for the business interruption and loss of functionality their decisions cause are the reason why business is staying away from Vista in droves.
July 6, 2009 at 12:03 pm |
I could not have said it better myself.
October 18, 2008 at 11:34 am |
Netmeeting works only within LAN & cannot be used over internet.If you like to use netmeeting over internet to make it work behind NAT/firewall. You can try this software.
http://www.lanoninternet.com
Through this i can join a netmeeting from my office PC(private address) to my home PC.
This software uses windows teredo service to directly connect any vista/XP pc. Now u can host a netmeeting over internet without any third party
October 28, 2008 at 4:30 am |
I could set up Remote Desktop Sharing via NetMeeting so the end user doesn’t have to do anything, I could simply connect. NM works from visat to XP. But not vista to vista. i have tried all the patches. has anyone got a no nonsence solution to this please?
November 10, 2008 at 9:46 pm |
HI AF,
Try using vista’s new remote assitance(works over internet also using teredo) through which u can share desktop & chat between two vista pcs..
November 19, 2008 at 7:54 am |
pradeepmoses, netmeeting DOES work over the internet. It is called forwarding ports? You may have heard of this ancient method of enabling communications. I can’t remember off the top of my head which port video conferencing uses (1720 or 1723), but once you forward that port it should work like a charm.
November 22, 2008 at 1:17 pm |
I was able to get netmeeting loaded on a friends pc….they have vista home premium. I have xp on my pc. It opened just fine on their machine, but when I tried to call them, I got the message they couldn’t accept calls. I then had them try to call me and they got the message on their end that I couldn’t accept calls. I know nm works. My mom has it on her machine (xp of course) and I can connect to her machine with no problem to fix any “issues” she’s having. I really need to be able to connect to my friends machine when they need help with pc issues. Any suggestions on how to make this work?
November 27, 2008 at 3:23 pm |
okay so is there still no solutions out there to get
Remote Desktop Sharing option to work on VISTA?!!!
i need to be able to control a vista homepremium pc from my
xp laptop. i can get my xp desktop to appear on the vista but thats about all i can do.
anyhelp???????
November 28, 2008 at 11:05 am |
You could always use Microsoft’s new Mesh… it allows remote desktop to any of MS’s OS versions.
December 17, 2008 at 3:19 pm |
I think the biggest draw of Netmeeting is that it works as a native h.323 videoconference codec. You can connect it directly to a Polycom, Tandberg, or any other h.323 codec speaking h.263. While its not the prettiest solution – it works and it was present on every Windows machine. It is unfortunate that MS decided to drop it. In fact, the reason I found your article was to give someone looking for a solution a Vista option.
January 10, 2009 at 9:20 am |
ok, so here’s a question and a confusion. Can anyone explain? I loaded netmeeting like I was supposed to on a friend’s laptop. They are running vista. I have xp. when they are at their home, they can’t call me and I can’t call them. BUT, when I have their laptop at my home and they are wirelessly connected to my dsl (different ip mind you) I can not only connect back and forth, but I can desktop share also! I proved this yesterday. I thought all was well. Now that they’re back at their home, nothing. Any suggestions?
February 2, 2009 at 9:52 am |
your connection works on your home as you probably have a automated rule allowing access on your local network..
however when you attempt to connect to each other from your own homes you should check you firewall rules.. traffic outbound from you to him and other way is probably blocked at either outbound or inbound firewall..
its certainly related to routing of traffic.. and not the app functionality as you have confirmed the app works.
February 15, 2009 at 4:11 am |
There is a hotfix available for Netmeeting on Vista upon request from Microsoft. I used it on mine and it work fine. I disables the Aeroglass on Vista when using which is no problem. Works even if one person is using XP and the other uses Vista. Here is the link.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927853
February 16, 2009 at 8:13 am |
Thanks John, this is great to know!!
July 6, 2009 at 12:10 pm |
I keep seeing this KB article referenced everywhere on the internet when discussing Netmeeting on Vista but it does not work. This KB article does not exist.
Did MS remove the article as an attempt to stomp out the last resistance against their useless-to-everyone-not-on-vista Meeting Space? (which I have never been able to make work even over a local network)
March 17, 2009 at 7:19 am |
Check this link for installing netmeeting on vista:
http://www.lanoninternet.com/remote-access-netmeeting.htm
April 13, 2009 at 6:45 pm |
THANK U SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!
April 22, 2009 at 7:06 pm |
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May 4, 2009 at 1:31 pm |
JOSH MAHER RE: Netmeeting on VISTA
EXCELLENT instructions! THANK YOU!!!
June 30, 2009 at 2:46 pm |
THANKS!!
Learned something new and cool about Microsoft product. and that does not happen often.
July 6, 2009 at 8:55 am |
Netmeeting Place does not work with Vista, WHY?
July 23, 2009 at 4:57 pm |
Thanks! I hadn’t tried all the way back to NT4.
Why *I* want Netmeeting is that the proprietary (Altigen) PBX client software I’m using has an option to integrate Netmeeting as an H.323 client, and it works a lot smoother than using a standalone client.
August 12, 2009 at 6:11 am |
Dear,
I use Windows Vista Ultimate and i downloaded net meeting (NM30.exe) but gave the message that this NM can’t be installed to this version of vista. What should i do?
September 26, 2009 at 4:22 am |
There is a hotfix for NetMeeting on Vista Ultimate. It is available on request from Microsoft. I also run Vista Ultimate and it works fine. Here is the link.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927853
December 22, 2009 at 6:31 am |
superb! i’ve made my own journal
January 8, 2010 at 8:14 am |
Gr
January 25, 2010 at 3:25 am |
Hi Siddharta,
Recently, i have got a official laptop with Vista Business. I found this article as i am in search if NM. Is the software link that you have placed for NM 3.0.2 still accessible? If not, i am looking for the software. Can you mail this software zip to cmkraj@rediff.com
Thanks
March 8, 2010 at 3:28 pm |
yea worked on Vista THANKS
January 6, 2011 at 8:25 am |
Works on 2008 too… GREAT!!
December 12, 2011 at 3:10 pm |
This surely makes perfect sense.
January 10, 2013 at 12:26 am |
Hi..
I have installed NM30 in my Vista OS but i still facing problem regarding desktop sharing. Kindly suggest me..
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