When the Windows Security dialog box appears (see Figure 14-6), type in a
username and password for a user account that has Remote Desktop permission
(from the preceding Step 1 section).
2.
3.
Figure 14-4
Access to the Remote
Desktop Connection
application is through
the Accessories
program group.
Figure 14-5
Allow specific users
to make remote
connections to this
computer in the
Remote Desktop
Connection dialog box.
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Once the connection is established, if another user is logged onto the remote
computer, you will see two messages appear in the remote session window.
The first message, shown in Figure 14-7, informs you about the other loggedon
user and asks you to confirm you want to log them off and take control.
The second message simply provides a status message as the other user is
logged off.
When the remote session is established, you see the desktop of the other
computer, as shown in Figure 14-8. The response of the keyboard, mouse,
and screen will be considerably slower than when you are using your local
computer, and if the desktops are set up the same way, it is easy to confuse
which computer you are using.
4.
5.
Figure 14-6
Log on to the remote
computer through
the Windows Security
dialog box.
Figure 14-7
Windows is polite
enough to ask you to
confirm logging off the
other user to let you
have control.
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Alternatives to Windows Remote Desktop
One drawback of Windows Remote Desktop is that only the user controlling the
remote computer can interact with the screen??”that is, both the controlling user and
the user at the computer being controlled cannot share the desktop experience.
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