Remote Desktop is part of Windows XP and Vista. It can be used on your local network
as well as over your Internet connection to PCs far away. To use Remote Desktop
over the Internet, you send a remote control ???help??? request to another user, by e-mail
or Windows Messenger, and the recipient activates the request to log on.
In PC-to-PC use on your local network, Remote Desktop has some limitations??”the
computer to be controlled must be turned on, booted up, and online, and the controlling
computer takes complete control, logging off the user of the computer to be controlled
and transferring control to the other computer.
To use the remote computer locally, you first must configure the computer you
want to control to accept remote connections from specific users. Then, you simply
open a Remote Desktop application on the computer you want to control from, point
to the address or name of the computer to be controlled, and log on.
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Step 1: Configure Windows to Accept
Remote Connections
Configuring Windows XP or Vista to accept remote connections takes four easy progressions
through the following dialog boxes:
Right-click My Computer and choose Properties.
In the left pane of the Control Panel > System window, shown in Figure 14-1,
click Remote Settings.
On the Remote tab of the System Properties dialog box, shown in Figure 14-2,
check the Allow Remote Assistance Connections to This Computer check box
and choose the Allow Connections from Computers Running Any Version of
Remote Desktop (Less Secure) radio button under Remote Desktop.
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