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Remote Desktop is only available on Windows XP Professional (not Home Edition). With remote desktop you can access a host computer no matter where you are. This means that you can connect to your work computer from home or vice-versa and have access to all of your applications, files, and network resources as though you were sitting in front of the host computer.
Requirements - Host must be running Microsoft Windows XP Professional
- passwords set for all user accounts.
- Be an Administrator on the host.
- the IP address of the host computer. (Click Here on the host computer to see your IP Address) High speed connection.
- remote desktop viewer installed on the client computer. (Start > Run > mstsc)
- Port 3389 of the host computer open on your firewall.
Setting Up The Host: Step 1: Open your system properties. (Start > Settings > Control Panel > System) Step 2: Click the Remote tab. Make sure the "Allow Users to connect remotely to this computer" is checked. Using the Client As far as I am aware there are clients available for all Operating Systems, Most linux distributions include a remote desktop client, along with windows xp home, pro and windows server 2003. If you are running a older version of windows you can Download the Remote Desktop client here. After you open your remote desktop connection client you have to type in the IP address of the host computer. Enter your username and password. When you work in full screen mode, you can't tell you aren't sitting at your computer. Issues: When you connect to the host computer nobody else can use the host computer. Also if someone is using your computer, you cannot use desktop sharing. This is because Windows is not a multi user Operating System like Linux. How to change the port of RDC - Start Registry Editor.
- Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TerminalServer\WinStations\RDP-Tcp\PortNumber - On the Edit menu, click Modify, and then click Decimal.
- Type the new port number, and then click OK.
- Quit Registry Editor.
When you try to connect to the host computer by using the Remote Desktop connection, you must type the new port separated by a colon (ex. NickYeoman.com:5050). Also you may want to restart first.
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