"networm" <networm8848@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> 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?
>

What I have used for my sister is HTML format email.
I explain what I am going to do and paste an image of the action into the
body of the email {Alt-Print Screen and then paste into the email}.
Then I proceed step by step showing an image of the open window at each
step.

Don