As soon as you??™re connected, you should have access to the
additional resources shared on the remote network; see
Chapter 8 for details on accessing shared folders and printers.
Later on, you can connect by double-clicking the VPN
connection in the Network Connections window.
8. If you connect to the Internet through a router, you??™ll most likely need
to turn on the IPSec option in your router??™s setup to get VPN to work.
See ???Set Up a Wireless Router,??? earlier in this chapter, or refer to your
router??™s documentation for details.
For additional tips on working with VPN connections, such as how to
bypass the Connect dialog, see the ???Live with PPPoE??? sidebar in the ???Internet
Me??? section, earlier in this chapter.
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Networking and
Internet
Control Your PC Remotely
A network is good for much more than simply transferring data. Although
Windows does let you transfer files to and from other computers in Windows
Explorer (see Chapter 8), it??™s a far cry from actually sitting in front of
the PC on the other end.
Enter the Remote Desktop feature, included with the Windows Vista Business
and Ultimate editions (lesser editions can only use the feeble Remote
Assistance feature described later in this section). Remote Desktop lets you
view and interact with the desktop of a PC in a window, as though you were
sitting in front of it.
There are almost limitless uses to this technology; a few examples include:
??? Do you travel frequently, yet prefer to use a desktop (non-portable)
computer at home? Rather than duplicating all your programs, documents,
and settings on a second laptop, just use Remote Desktop to
connect to your home PC from the road, and access your applications
and data as though you??™re sitting at your own desk.
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