Frequently Asked Technical Questions
We appreciate your technical questions, so we've posted answers to those that we hear most often.
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Getting Started FAQs
- What if I never received a registration email and am unable to log on to my web site?
- How can I turn on GotoAssist Pro, being a technician of GoToManage?
- How do I install and configure my Crawler?
Crawler FAQs
- How much bandwidth does the Crawler use when probing the network?
- I'm think I am having Datakey-related issues. How can I find out what is wrong?
- The WMI or another specific plugin fails, what can I do?
- How much of a device's system resources does the Crawler use when gathering data from it?
- Can I keep the data collected by the Crawler on a system locally, rather than upload it to your servers?
- Does the Crawler support Linux?
- I never added SNMP credentials to my Crawler, yet I see statistics from one of my switches. Why?
- I added SNMP credentials to my Crawler, now how can I verify that it's working?
- How can I get the SNMP data from my switches updated more frequently?
- What is the scanning interval for devices entered into the SNMP Interface Statistics Plugin?
- How can I give my Crawler access to the Windows computers on my network?
- Do I need to restart the Crawler for configuration changes to take effect?
- Why is the install wizard too small to display all the information, and not resizeable?
- How do I add the Crawler plugins?
- Does GoToManage have a function that shows me shared network drives on every workstation or server over my network?
- When I installed the Crawler in Vista 32 bit, why does the Npptools.dll fail?
- When installing the Crawler, I get an "Error opening file for writing" message on wanpacket.dll and packet.dll. Why does this happen?
- Why are Crawler finds sometimes different from UI finds?
- Is a Device the same as a System? Is IT Information Indexed the same as a Directory Item?
Dashboard FAQs
- How do I create a new Dashboard?
- How Do I create a new Alert?
- How do I delete a company and/or user from my account?
Remote Support FAQs
- What is the size of the file that my customer downloads to engage in a screen-sharing session with me?
- Are there any files or folders left on my customer's computer after the session ends?
- Does my customer need admin privileges to join a support session?
- Is the plug-in virus-free?
- Is there a time-out when no activity occurs on either my computer or my customer's computer?
- Is there a limit to the duration of a session?
- Is there a limit to the number of sessions that I can run?
- What is the max number of sessions I can hold at once?
- How do I draw and erase the drawings on the shared screen?
- Can I copy and paste text between my customer's PC and mine?
- What is the largest file size that I can transfer between my customer's computer and my own?
- If GoToAssist Express finds no Internet connection to restart a session, how long until it quits searching?
Screen sharing FAQs
- How can I switch from Customer Screen Sharing to Share My Screen? How can I switch back?
- I would like to chat or share the screen of more than one customer. How would I do this?
- Can my customer temporarily end screen sharing and reconnect without reinitiating the entire session?
- How can I take a screenshot of my customer's screen?
Unattended support FAQs
- Why can't I set up unattended support on my customer's computer?
- What if I forget the access code to one of my unattended support computers?
- Can I set up unattended support while physically present at my customer's machine?
Remote Support connection FAQs
- What are the minimum browser requirements to begin a screen-sharing session with my customer?
- What ports does GoToAssist use?
- Why don't the arrow keys and the number pad on my keyboard operate (i.e., allow me to move my cursor or type numbers); they only scroll the Viewer window?
- What File Transfer Protocol is used in GoToAssist?
- How do I alleviate an Internet Traffic Jam or slow connectivity?
- How does my customer alleviate Internet Traffic Jams or slow connectivity?
- Can I remotely print using GoToAssist Express?
- Is Remote Support proxy-aware?
- Do the Windows User Account Controls (UAC) need to be on to use GoToAssist Express on a customer's machine?
- How does Remote Support reboot a customer's computer into safe mode on Windows XP/Windows 2000?
Remote Support error messages
- The file may have been corrupted in transfer. This message appears after I transfer a large file (e.g., 80 MB) to my customer's computer, and notice that the file size is much smaller on my customer's computer.
- The page cannot be displayed. This error message is displayed when my customer goes to our support page to initiate a screen sharing session.
- OS Not Supported. This message appears when my customer begins a screen sharing session.
Search FAQs
- Why don't I see any information from devices not on my local subnet?
- How can I test that WMI information is retrievable from my Windows computers?
- Why doesn't GoToManage recognize my network adapter or IP address during installation?
- What are the circumstances that lead to exceeding your device count limit?
- An item in my inventory is either missing or lacks rich information, why?
PQL FAQs
- In PQL, where in case sensitivity important, and where is it not?
- Why do I get this error message: “Syntax error in line 4 at character 30, didn't expect ‘index’ here”?
- How do I combine multiple sets of data onto one graph?
Billing FAQs