Remote Assistance: Your offer to help could not be completed

As we can see from the notification, the problem may be caused by three reasons:

• You don’t have the correct permissions on the remote computer.
• The remote computer doesn’t turn on, or it isn’t connected to the network.
• There’s a network problem.

The second and third causes, it is easy to rule out. Just check whether the computer is turned on and connected to the network properly and whether there’s something wrong with the network. If everything works fine, then the problem must lie in the remote connection permission.

Three tested solutions to troubleshoot the problem

Here in this post, we provide you with four solutions to enable Remote Assistance on Windows 10.

Solution 1. Enable Remote Assistance in System Properties​

Step 1. Press Win + R to invoke the Run dialog box. Then type in “sysdm.cpl” and hit OK to open System Properties.

​Step 2. Switch to Remote tab and then click Allow Remote Assistance connections to this computer.

​Step 3. If you allow others to control your computer remotely, then click Advanced... and tick Allow this computer to be controlled remotely. But if you only want them to see your screen, then un-tick this option. 

Solution 2. Enable Remote Assistance Using Registry Editor

Step 1. Press Win + R to invoke the Run dialog box. Then type in “regedit” and hit OK to open the Registry Editor.

Step 2. Navigate here: Computer > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Control > Remote Assistance. Find fAllowFullControl and fAllowToGetHelp on the right pane.

Step 3. Double-click fAllowFullControl first and set its value data to 1. Then do the same to fAllowToGetHelp.

Solution 3. Enable Remote Assistance in Group Policy Editor

Step 1. Press Win + R to invoke the Run dialog box. Type in “gpedit.msc” and hit OK to open Local Group Policy Editor.

Step 2. Navigate here: Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Remote Assistance. On the right pane, find Configure Solicited Remote Assistance and Configure Offer Remote Assistance, and then double-click it.

Step 3. Double-click Configure Solicited Remote Assistance first and set it to Enabled. Then do the same to Configure Offer Remote Assistance.

Solution 4. Allow Remote Assistance through the firewall

Step 1. Press Win + R to invoke the Run dialog box. Type in “control” and hit OK to open Control Panel, then navigate here: System and Security > Windows Defender Firewall. Find Allow an app or feature through Windows Defender Firewall and click it.

Step 2. Please make sure Remote Assistance is allowed through Windows Defender Firewall on both Private and Public networks.

Free third-party remote assistance software: AnyViewer

Some users reflected that they still failed to use Remote Assistance even though they’ve enabled Remote Assistance in GPO, and allowed Remote Assistance through the firewall on both Private and Public networks. In this case, we’d like to recommend the free third-party remote assistance software AnyViewer to you.

AnyViewer is the free yet professional third-party remote control software for multiple Windows versions, including Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7 and Windows Server 2022/2019/2016/2012 R2. It is pretty easy to operate. You don’t need an IP address or user name to achieve remote control. All you need is a few setup steps. With AnyViewer, you can provide remote assistance to others or receive remote assistance from others easily.

Step 1. Download, install, launch AnyViewer on both computers.

Step 2. Go to Log in, and then click Sign up. (If you already have signed up on its official website, you can log in directly.)

Step 3. Fill in the signup information.

Step 4. Then you can see you successfully logged in to AnyViewer. Your device will automatically be assigned to the account you've logged in to.

Step 5. Log in to the same AnyViewer account on the two devices, then click One-click control to achieve unattended remote access.

Notes:✎...

You can also upgrade your account to a Professional or Enterprise plan to enjoy more rights:

Faster file transfer speed. Transfer speed for a free account is 500 KB/s, and for a paid account is up to 10 MB/s.

Increasing number of files transferred in a single time.

Larger size of a single file that can be transferred.

More devices can be assigned to the same account for unattended remote access.

More Currently connected devices are displayed for chekcing connection history.

Connect in privacy mode to protect privacy.

Initial more concurrent connections to one computer.

Conclusion

This post provides you with four solutions to troubleshoot the annoying error “Your offer to help could not be completed” Remote Assistance. If you still get the error message after trying all these solutions, then you can try the free third-party remote assistance software AnyViewer we recommended as well.