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Faster than sending e-mail... cheaper than calling long-distance... able to share large applications with a single click... It's a Web phone! It's a collaborative paint program! It's... Microsoft NetMeeting™!

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First, We'll Need Some Volunteers...
The coolest things about NetMeeting can best be shown if you're actually in a NetMeeting conference with someone else. You can either have a friend (preferably one whose computer has a sound card) download and start NetMeeting, or you can find another NetMeeting user to call using the User Location Service.

  1. Connect to the Internet.
  2. Start NetMeeting. The first time you start NetMeeting it tries to connect you to your user location server. This is the User Location Service (ULS), which maintains information about the Internet addresses of people connected to the server who are running NetMeeting. The default ULS for most people is uls.microsoft.com.
  3. On the call menu, click Directory.
  4. Find the person you want to call, click his or her e-mail name, and then click Call.
If you both have the hardware necessary to use the audio features of NetMeeting, you can talk with your friend by using your computer's microphone and speakers.

If you have trouble hearing your friend or being heard, adjust the speaker and microphone volume sliders in the NetMeeting window. If the problems persist, click the Tools menu, and then click Audio Tuning Wizard.

While you're connected, try some of the features listed below.



Get the Picture

If you need visual aids to get your point across, you can use the Whiteboard feature to draw a picture that the other person in the conference can see. You can even both draw on the picture at the same time.


  • On the Tools menu, click Whiteboard.
The Whiteboard appears on yours and your friend's screen.



Put Your Heads Together

NetMeeting lets you share your running applications, so that others in the conference can see what you're doing.

  1. Start an application, such as Calculator.
  2. On the Tools menu in NetMeeting, click Share Application, and then click the name of the application.
  3. Start working in the application you have shared; for example, typing numbers into Calculator. Your friend will be able to see your work.

When you share an application, it is automatically shared in Work-Alone mode, which means that only you can work in it. If you want, you can let others work with you to get things done more quickly.

  • On the Tools menu, click Collaborate. The other person in the conference is now able to take control of the shared application and work in it.
  • To end collaboration, click the Tools menu in NetMeeting, and then click Work Alone.


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