In Windows 7 and below, from the Start menu, selectĬontrol Panel (or Settings, and then Control Move the mouse to the bottom right corner of the screen and selectįor help navigating, see Get around in Windows. To enable the Remote Desktop feature on your host (Windows)Īnd select Control Panel.
Rights on the computer you want to use as the host (i.e., theĬomputer to which you will connect from a remote location), which mustīe running one of the following versions of Windows: To enable Remote Desktop, you must have administrative To connect to a Windows computer from another WindowsĬomputer, see Connect to a Windows computer or server via RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) To connect to a Windows computer fromĪ remote computer running Mac OS X, see below. Using Remote Desktop, you can access a computer from a remote Information here may no longer be accurate, and links may no longer be available or reliable. This content has been archived, and is no longer maintained by Indiana University.