We provide remote assistance with your Nutty About Hosting account if you are struggling to set up your email account or FTP account, for example, using the knowledgebase articles. We provide this service for our clients using Splashtop SOS which supports Windows, Mac, Android and iOS (mobile phone is view only).
99% of the time it works flawlessly but occasionally there are problems connecting as everyones set up can be different. Here are the common issues and work arounds.
You must leave the splashtop app running after you have generated the code otherwise it just won't work!
When visiting https://www.splashtop.com/sos-download the download will start automatically. This will be in your downloads folder.
You must 'Save' the file first
Downloads location.
You can 'Run' the file straightaway in Edge
Or you can 'Save' the file and then 'Run' it or view in Downloads. Downloads location.
Saves the file automatically. Click the file at the bottom of the page to run.
Downloads location.
Visit https://www.splashtop.com/check to make sure you can connect.
Your firewall or Anti virus software maybe blocking the connection.
Visit https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4028544/windows-10-turn-windows-defender-firewall-on-or-off for instructions on turning off the Windows Defender Firewall.
Visit https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201642 for instructions on turning off the Mac OSX Application Firewall.
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