-- Posted by DaveH at 2:07 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 I need to control a friends computer to assist him with something. hes using vista and im using XP. The built in remote assistance isn;t an option.   there is software to download which does this. i;; give points to whoever finds me a program which allows me to acsess my friends computer. he will need to install the program too. but it should be simple. and allow me to control his mouse and view his screen, -- Posted by yoshiness at 2:08 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 TeamViewer. -- Posted by I am Xual at 2:09 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 http://xual.blogspot.com/search?q=vista+guide&x=13&y=7 Check this -- Posted by DaveH at 2:14 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 Quote: from xXDarkened ShAdowsXx at 2:08 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 TeamViewer. thanks 50 points transferd to ya. enjoy -- Posted by adriannaa at 2:30 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 pfft. -- Posted by espresso8097 at 7:16 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 Even though you already solved it...LogMeIn(.com) can do it. -- Posted by Dylan6405 at 12:57 pm on Jan. 3, 2009 Teamviewer FTW