How to disable Remote Assistance in Windows 10

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Remote Assistance is a function that can be very useful in Windows 10. It helps us so that another person can access our equipment, and thus solve a problem. Although it can save us in many cases, it is a function that can be compromised and exploited by attackers on occasion.

Therefore, many users want disable remote assistance on your Windows 10 computer. So they are not vulnerable to attack at any time. Since on occasion there have been attacks that have benefited from this function on the computer.

So if we are not going to use it on our Windows 10 computer, it is best if we deactivate this remote assistance. First of all we have to open an advantage to run on the computer. We use the key combination Win + R. Next, when the window opens we have to write the following command: SystemPropertiesAdvanced. We then hit enter.

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A system properties window then opens. Within it we must go to the remote access tab, which we see at the top of it. By clicking on it, some new options are shown on the screen. We have to look at the remote desktop section.

We see that there we have two options, which are to allow and disallow remote connections. If we have Windows 10 remote assistance activated, then we must click on not allow. In this way we are deactivating this assistance on the computer. Once done, we accept.

With these simple steps we have deactivated remote assistance on our computer. In some cases, if you want to undo the process, you can carry out the same steps. So it is very easy to activate or deactivate it at all times. Do you use remote assistance in Windows 10?


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