Assuming his computer connects to the Internet without a firewall while you have a firewall blacking the traffic.

remote desktop How to fix the error "Remote Assistance connection could not be established because the remote host name could not be resolved"? ....
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"Raghav" <Raghav@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:10524DB8-3388-40FE-9DC8-3F22C53D1BE1@microsoft.com...
hello, i and one of my freind were trying Remote assiatance through MSN
messenger. when i sent him a request he was able to connect to my computer
and see my desktop, but when he invited me i was not able to connect and got
message : "Remote Assistance connection could not be established because the
remote host name could not be resolved. Please try again." Please anyone help
me.

Raghav