microsoft.com/kb/925876.
3. By default, all active administrator-level users can connect to your PC
when Remote Desktop is enabled. If you wish to grant access to a lesser
user account, click Select Users. (See Chapter 8 for more information on
user accounts.)
4. Click OK when you??™re done; the change will take effect immediately.
5. Next, if you??™re using a router, you??™ll have to set up your router??™s port
forwarding feature to permit the incoming connection. (This step, of
course, is not necessary if you??™re connecting from another PC on your
local network.)
6. To do this, you??™ll first need to assign a static IP address to your PC, as
described in ???Troubleshoot Network Connections,??? earlier in this chapter.
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7. Next, open your router??™s setup page as described in ???Set Up a Wireless
Router,??? and navigate to the ???Port Range Forwarding??? page, which
should look something like the one in Figure 7-26. Here, fill out the first
blank line as follows:
Application
This is just a description; type Remote Desktop here.
Start
Type 3389, the TCP port number used by Remote Desktop. (See
Appendix B for more information on TCP/IP Ports.)
End
Type 3389 here, too.
Protocol
Choose TCP.
IP Address
Enter the static IP address you chose for your PC.
Enable
Place a checkmark in this box to permit this service.
Click Save Settings when you??™re done.
Figure 7-26. To control a PC across an Internet connection, you??™ll need to permit the
incoming signal by going to your router??™s Port Range Forwarding page
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