If you??™re connecting to this PC from another PC on your network, all
you need is this PC??™s computer name. In Control Panel, open System
and then click the Change settings link in the middle of the page; use
the name under Full computer name (not Computer description).
Or, to access this PC from another PC elsewhere on the Internet, you??™ll
need the true IP address of this PC??™s Internet connection. Just open a
web browser, navigate to http://annoyances.org/ip/, and record the number
displayed.
Part 2: Connect to a remote computer
Once you??™ve set up a machine to accept remote connections, follow these
steps on the client side to connect to that computer remotely:
1. Start Remote Desktop Connection (mstsc.exe).
2. The default Remote Desktop Connection dialog is very simple, with
only a single field. This typically will not be adequate, however, so click
Options to display the full dialog, shown in Figure 7-27.
3. If you??™re connecting to another computer in your workgroup, type
the name of the computer in the Computer field, or, if you??™re connecting
to another computer on the Internet, type its IP address here.
Use the information you got in the final step of Part 1 earlier in this
section.
4. Next, type the User name and Password of a valid user account on the
remote computer. (The Domain field is only used if you??™re connecting
to a computer in a Windows Server domain; leave it blank otherwise.)
5. The rest of the options in this dialog are optional.
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