networm wrote:
> My father does not know too much of computer... and he is on the
> other side of the earth.
>
> I often have to teach him how to use computer/software remotely...
> over the international phone calls...
>
> It was very hard and very low efficient. My mom is even more remote.
>
> The remote assistance or remote desktop control do not work very well
> here because of the low bandwidth Internet connection... they are
> very slow...
> I often wish there is such a software:
>
> I record everything I do on my PC, and then I send it to my father in
> email, then it plays back and executes on my father's PC...
>
> For example, I want to teach my father how to use WinRAR to compress
> and decompress files.
>
> The easiest way should be: I do this once on my PC and record it and
> then my father and mom can watch how this is done on their
> computers...
> Is there such a software?


CamTasia Studio.
v3 is fantastic - you could make AVI, Flash, WMV or Quicktime MOV files to
send or put on the web for them to view.
v2 - which you can still find - is good - but I have only gotten the AVIs to
work well with that version.

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