When we enable Remote Desktop on our machine, Windows will automatically open necessary ports in Windows Firewall. As we can see, Remote Desktop is enabled, and it will go trough our Firewall. Here we can change the scope of our settings. As we can see, Remote Desktop is enabled for any computer, including those on the Internet. We can change that to our network only, or only to particular computers IP addresses. These settings are applied on all connections on our computer.
However, Remote Desktop will still work. It will work because we have put and exception in our Windows Firewall.
If we want to enable ports only for individual connections, we should remove an exception from Windows Firewall. Then we should edit Firewall settings for individual connection. This option is Important when we are sharing an Internet Connection on our computer. Because of that we have to add an exception in Firewall for Internet connection. The default port for Remote Desktop is Now we are ready to establish a Remote Desktop Connection.
In this example we will connect to another computer on our Local Area Network. To make a connection simply enter the computer name or IP address, and then click Connect. However, we can optimize connection properties before we create the connection. Username is Kim Verson. Follow these steps to confirm the Windows Firewall is properly configured:. This is especially true when attempting to connect to Small Business Server desktops.
Once those conditions are met, users and administrators should be able to access systems using Remote Desktop by:. The Remote Desktop Connection Screen will appear.
By default, an abbreviated version displays, as shown in Figure B. To display more remote connectivity options and configure additional settings, click the Options button. Clicking the Options button reveals five tabs, from which additional settings are configured, as shown in Figure C. From the General tab, you can enter the IP address or fully qualified domain name FQDN of the computer you wish to connect to within the Computer field. If you use the default menu shown in Figure A the remote computer will prompt you for a username and password.
However, from the General tab, you can specify the username, password and domain in the appropriate fields and skip the logon process. Saving this information makes quick work of logging on to remote connections, such as those used often by employees wishing to connect to their office desktops from home.
The Display tab, shown in Figure D provides options for configuring the desktop size. Use the Local Resources tab, shown in Figure E to set sound, keyboard and local device options. For example, you can configure remote system events to generate sounds on the local PC by selecting Bring To This Computer within the drop down box within the Remote Computer Sound section or automatically connect to remote printers, disk drives and even serial ports by selecting the respective checkbox from within the Local Devices section.
The Programs tab, shown in Figure F , permits users to trigger a specific program upon establishing the remote connection. Co-authors: Updated: June 4, Categories: XP Instructions. Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read 21, times. Is this article up to date? Yes No. Cookies make wikiHow better. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our cookie policy.
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