Commercial use - Connection time out
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You can't say Google here?!2
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Use Google drive. That doesn't even allow remote connections but they don't complain about commercial use. My 'work' uses it.2
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Hey all,
I was recently tagged as commercial user and had it appropriately lifted back to personal. I am still getting the popup when I login that says I am a commercial user. When I use my laptop, however, I am able to use teamviewer like I always have. When I use my phone, I get the popup and I am quickly logged back off as if I am still tagged as commercial. Any thoughts?
Thanks!
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Me too. Free status restored yesterday afternoon. Logged from tablet to PC normally, but an hour or two later, same tablet and PC got the commercial use pop up. This is getting old...
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I would recommend you to check the mails via the smartphone or get an e-mail account with imap server soyou can check the mailfrom any browser or PC.
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@sornord wrote:Me too. Free status restored yesterday afternoon. Logged from tablet to PC normally, but an hour or two later, same tablet and PC got the commercial use pop up. This is getting old...
The protest form you fill out requests the numeric address of just one system (### ### ###). So maybe the ban got lifted for the tablet or the PC, but the other is still regarded as commercial. As soon as they talk, it's "commercial use" again. Just a guess on that.
I filled out the form, and a week or so later got an email saying they couldn't verify non-commercial use based on the information I supplied. There's an old principle, "it's hard to prove a negative", which might apply, but I don't think logic is going to work here. The email included a form which I was invited to fill out and sign. The form includes name and address.
Again, an appeal to logic, maybe with a touch of ethics. I've done nothing wrong, but you say you don't trust me. You ask me to supply detailed personal information, but don't say why you need it or how you intend to use it. Why should I trust you?
As previously mentioned, I've moved on to an alternate solution.
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They did the same thing about a year ago, and I have the same tablets, PCs, and TV IDs and logon/profile as then. The only thing that even MAY be new are a couple of cell phones, which are RARELY used with TV...and then just to load them up with audio files for playing in the car. I haven't been able to update my music corner PC or DVR PC since they did this as they don't have monitors attached. I'd TV from my tablet to those to control A/V playback streamed to A/V devices in bedrooms or living rooms.
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Yup, same here. I just submitted another ticket.1
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This is actually insane why are we not getting information from TeamViewer
I filled out the form and got the restruction lifted. I am trying to get onto a headless Raspberry PI. I am npt getting the pop- up back and my access to the PI bloked in spite of TeamViewer so my id had been reset to free.
The other question I would ask is why the person monitoring this forum for TV is delete references to a third party product rather than addressing our concerns.
This seem to border on the insane?
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When I connect to my PC from my Android phone, I get a message stating that I'm using it for commercial usage instead of personal use, when I'm clearly not. I'm literally sitting in my backyard, connecting to my PC for personal use, but since the app seems to think otherwise, the session terminates after 5 minutes.1
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I have the same issue, I've not used it for months, now I turn the laptop on and try to work on my desktop from the garden, for my only purpose, anything commercial, and now I cannot use it for more than 5 minute.
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Small blessings dept: I could do a file transfer normally from my main PC to my tablet, so I can at least practice with the tablet on the audio tracks needed for an upcoming audition. No "commercial use" nags. Tried a remote control session, however, and still got them. Again, these are the same tablet and PC that worked normally, but only for an hour or so, on the 8th when TV restored my free license.
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Looks like anyone experiencing this issue should fill out the form at https://www.teamviewer.com/en/support/commercial-use-suspected/ to resolve things.1
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Shame!
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Habe das Problem bei meinem Rechner auf dere Arbeit. Möchte dann zu Hause zugreifen und werde nach 5 min. raus geworfen. Angeblich Kommerziell. Was tun?
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I have been using TeamViewer for several years, mainly to help my now-94-year-old father and another elderly friend, and occasionally to log in to my home computer while traveling. It's a great program, works beautifully, better than I thought it could, and apparently has cool features I haven't even tried yet. Earlier this year I was locked out due to suspected commercial use, pleaded my case, eventually reinstated. Now I often find I am temporarily locked out because of too frequent connections? For instance I tell my Dad I can't connect because his computer needs to be restarted. I try again in a minute, computer still not ready; try again, TeamViewer kicks me off. Yes, it's temporary, but also completely disruptive and almost enraging. It happened again today, and then I got the message I could only connect for five minutes; about one minute later kicked off. I understand TeamViewer is in business to make money - more power to you. If your enforcement policy makes the free product unusable, so be it. Now I'll learn to use RemotePC. And I can't really recommend the free TeamViewer to anybody -- but who cares, I guess you lose money for every free user. (BTW, paid version? -- no way I can afford [The price has been removed in accordance with the community guidelines.] to help a couple of friends with their computer problems.) Gracias y adios, muchachos!
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I am receiving error messages within TeamViewer, telling me that I need to purchase the product because it appears that I am using it for commercial purposes. I am a power home user - we are a ten computer household, with units scattered around the house. I am NOT using TeamViewer for commercial purposes,but the program keeps kicking me out because it “thinks” I am. To say that I’m annoyed is putting it politely. While I would like to get this issue dealt with, I have absolutely no problem moving to another platform if it comes to that.
Thank you.
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Today I tried to connect to my downstairs television PC, the one which TV claimed was commercial use. I no longer get the warning / error from connecting to it. I sent the form in, I think, on July 30. Hard to be sure because they only say how long ago a post was made, not when it was made, and they rounded that off to two weeks. My email shows me the message after mine was on July 30. Today is August 12. So less than two weeks. I didn't get any email or notification telling me they had restored the private use status. Just had to try until the problem cleared up.
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You could notice that your ID changed
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This thread is huge and I won't read it all. But from reading so far, I am not seeing what I need to do. I have been using it for years from my same remote computer and have only ever used it to connect to home computers and my mom's computer. Never any commercial use and never any work computers. And today I am getting this message and I haven't even used it today. So what do I do? I don't see a way to create a ticket from the app.
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I have never used my Teamviewer account to connect to a company or business computer. I have only used it for the same home computers and my mom's computer for years. And now today it says I am using it commercially and won't let me remote my home computer. I don't even use it that much. But now I can't find a way to get support. I tried to Submit a ticket, but it just takes me to this forum.
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I had that happen too - and when the window popped up on my laptop that indicated I was being locked out, there was a place where I could have a live chat with someone. I did that and four days later they reinstated my free account.
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I started getting this message today when I only use Teamviewer for my home computers (everyone in the family has one) and for my parent's computers (because they're old and need a lot of hand holding).
Every time I log into my secondary computer now, it shuts down after a minute and says I can't log in for another 10 minutes when I go to log back in.
I submitted a personal use form for each of the main home computers I use. If this isn't resolved by tomorrow I'm looking into alternatives.
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I've been getting the message for just over a week after almost 2 years of normal usage. I can't get any answers.
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I wish that was the case for me. All I get is a window with a Buy Now button and an X to close.
Says:
Thank you for choosing TeamViewer. You have regularly used the service to access computers in business environments. This is considered a professional use of the product. You need to purchase a subscription to continue.
This is false. All of the systems I connect to are my personal computers or my mom's computer. And I haven't added a computer to my account in over a year.
WOW, talk about rude. So I called the main number. It says to press 1 for support as a free user. It then just says to visit this website and hangs up.
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Just hit me too.
A few years ago they blocked my work computer (connecting to my PERSONAL COMPUTER), and my personal phone (probably for using my works wifi?).
Just today you blocked my personal laptop from personal computer!??!?!
Good thing for ***Third Party Product*** - all though less capable, it is improving. Just hate being false flagged and accused of commercial use. I bet it is because I have a google work account profile, that is logged into all my personal devices... WHICH WE USE ***Third Party Product*** FOR YOU **BEEP** !!!!!! UNBLOCK MY ID's PLEASE.
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Have been using this for over 2 years now for a non-profit - high school alumni association. There are 3 of us maintaining the database of 38000 names . This is strictly a volunteer operation and 2 of us access the main computer at scheduled times throughout the day and night. Now I am having issues with getting blocked out and only can use for 5 minutes at a time. Getting a message stating that this is being used for commerial use . When I set this up - did NOT indicate that nor has our volunteer status changed. I recently had to wipe my cookies - so did that alter my access? How do I get back my regular connection - as I do MOST of the daily updating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Not a single reponse? This support method **bleep**. Time to find an alternative to TeamViewer.
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The company behind Teamviewer **bleep** so badly, that I can’t even fully express it! They have plagued most of their “free” customers with this “commercial use” timeout, which effectively renders your entire Teamviewer account completely worthless! What’s even worse than that, is that they make it nearly impossible to contact them to inquire or try to resolve this incorrectly imposed limitation, by only offering you one single online form to complete (NOT a person) to beg them to reconsider marking your account as actually personal in nature. Once I found this form, I completed it, and after several days have still not received any response and my account is still effectively disabled. Please do yourself a favor BEFORE even considering doing business with Teamviewer, and read the posts by their upset customers in their “community”, which is the absolutely only support avenue that you will have as a free customer.
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@RobT wrote:... by only offering you one single online form to complete (NOT a person) to beg them to reconsider marking your account as actually personal in nature. Once I found this form, I completed it, and after several days have still not received any response and my account is still effectively disabled. ....
Thanks for your info. What form? Where is it? Obviously they don't care about the forum, so I guess I am suppose to find some form to fill out that is NOT meantioned anywhere. I don't get why they don't have the form part of the TV app when it pops up that false accusation.
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