Controlling a Remote Computer

WINV-2.3, WINV-2.4.1

WINV-7.8.1, WINV-7.8.2, WINV-7.8.4

You can use Remote Desktop Connection to connect to a remote computer on your network or the Internet and use the remote computer as if you were working on it. Before you can connect to a remote computer, you need to turn on the Windows Vista computer and set the option to allow users to connect remotely to the computer. Doing this provides security for the remote computer. You can allow anyone to connect to the remote computer, or you can specify users with a password. You also need to have the name or IP (Internet Protocol) address of the remote computer and ...

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