OFF2000: Collaboration: Cannot Connect to All Computers During Online Meeting

ID: Q236009


The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
  • Microsoft Word 2000
  • Microsoft Excel 2000
  • Microsoft NetMeeting versions 2.1, 2.11, 3.01 for Windows 98


SYMPTOMS

When you use the Meet Now command in your Office 2000 application, you can see all the computers listed in the NetMeeting Directory, but you cannot connect to some of the computers. The other computers can connect with each other, without any problem.


CAUSE

This happens if some of the computers are running NetMeeting 2.1x, others are running NetMeeting 3.0, and you are initiating the online collaboration through the Office 2000 Meet Now feature.


WORKAROUND

If you start the NetMeeting first and then initiate the collaboration with your Office 2000 application through NetMeeting, you can then collaborate with computers running different versions of NetMeeting.

Please refer to the NetMeeting documentation for more information about running the NetMeeting program.


MORE INFORMATION

For more information about online collaboration, click Microsoft PowerPoint Help on the Help menu, type Collaborate in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.

In NetMeeting, to get more information about online collaboration, click Help Topics on the Help menu, click the Contents tab, and then click the topic "Sharing Applications with Other People".

Additional query words: net meeting share internet broadcast error view show list see change connect locate initiate connection establish ppt ppt9 ppt2k 2k ppt2000 powerpnt xl wd xl20 xl2k wd2k wd20 word excel winword wd9 word9 excel9 xl9

Keywords : kbdta kbconf
Version : WINDOWS:2.1,2.11,2000,3.01
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb


Last Reviewed: July 23, 1999
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