The menu has some really great, simple tools. But wait! I want to dive just a little deeper and discuss some of the noticeable support tools in the menu. Once you start Quick Assist, you will be presented with two options: “Get assistance” or “Give assistance.”Īfter this step has been completed, the remote session is up and running.

The Quick Assist Windows application can be easily launched by searching for quick assistance utilizing the search function in Windows. The more I use this tool, the more I love its simplicity. Other tools are available for free personal use, but they incur a small fee for commercial use. Not the case with Quick Assist. Quick Assist is free for both personal and commercial use since it is native to all Windows 10 operating systems. To quickly assist someone without having to jump through hoops and reinvent the wheel is, as you know, priceless– which brings me to my next point. This tool delivers on its namesake with its quick functionality and ability to assist. When helping a user, I strive first to work quickly and second to assist them to the best of my ability.

I am a practical admin and absolutely love it when things just work. With the user’s permission, you can control or view their machine to assist them with a problem or issue. Quick Assist is a tool that will allow you to access another Windows computer over a network or using the internet. The theme of the application is the same, but with the improvements, it now shines. And it’s a fantastic tool to use with your district staff (or even if you are called upon to help your parents better use their computers!). You find a product to help you with a problem only to think, “Man, this is garbage!” You later take a second look and see that someone has rebuilt it, polished it, and put it on display and it now makes you scream, “WOW! Where can I get one of these?!” This is how I felt when I saw Quick Assist, formerly Windows Remote Assistance (pre-Windows 10). If one of your jobs is to provide regular computer support to end users, you have probably experienced this scenario before.

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