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The Internet is replete with How to turn on Remote Desktop in Windows 7, I am unable to find the step-by-step actual instructions on using it.

Mysterious passwords appear with instructions to “tell the assistant this password” but the assistant cannot connect without having the password first.

Any step-by-step instructions around?

This worked like a charm. So easy i walked my mom through it on the phone and now im in. Now just to see if there are settings to make it run smoother

My windows 7 does not have the choices for remote desktop, just for remote assistance??? Anyone have a clue what settings are not enabled here?

Thanks,
Greg

@Greg: if you have a ‘home’ edition of Win7, remote desktop is not available.

@ Greg , i have the windows 7 ultimate edition , if u have the same, then find the remote desktop in all program—->>> accessories—>>remote desktop

I am trying to connect to my new win 7 pc from remote XP pcs. I have everything set up using port 3389 , fire wall open, remote desktop turned on etc, This win 7 pc is behind a router , I can connect to other PC’s behind tis same router just cant get connection to win7 pc any ideas

Artie, does the win 7 PC have a static IP address on the LAN? If not, it’s IP address may have changed since you configured the port forwarding in your router. For example, my router has port 3389 forwarded to a static IP address of, say, 192.168.1.55. Whatever PC has that IP address (only one can have that address), will receive the RDC connection. Good luck

I meant, of course, . . . its IP address . . .

Hi,
I have a question on RDC. Can I do a Remote Desktop connection from Windows 7 home premium to Win XP SP3?

Thank you,
Srini

I have the home Premium edition and would like to know what I need to have to get the remote tool. Is there a patch or do I have to upgrade to a different edition of W-7?

Like a previous poster, I had to walk my mother-in-law through this. The pictures made it super easy. Now I get to be remote tech support for her.

I am trying to connect to our server 2008 machine and can do it locally on the network through remote desktop but cannot using the IP address from a remote location (where I would actually need the connection). XP connects just fine but 7 connected for a while and now does not. Any thoughts?

Can someone with remote desktop access my pc if they have an appropriate version of windows 7 or other windows that have remote assistance/remote desktop when I only have windows vista home premium? please I really need to know

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If you have Home edition and want to use Remote Desktop, use UltraVNC. The issue that I had was about logoff. In case machine is rebooted then you can login via web browser (java applet) and then can use browser interface to work or use viewer app from them.

Works great. Thanks UltraVNC

Can anyone tell me how to enable or disable the feature which does not allow me to turn the laptop mouse touchscreen off while I am in remote access mode. It is nice to turn the touchscreen off while typing, but in remote access it doesn’t allow me to do that. ??
new laptop…HP….Windows 7…yada yada yada…

Hi! Just thought I’d chime in. I thouroughly was impressed by this article

Hi, can someone pls pls advise.

I just got a new laptop with Windows 7, can I connect to my work computer that is Windows xp?

Also i just saw a post above that not editions of Windows 7 has remote desktop. My laptop came with home premium, should it have it?

Thank you for you help!

Hi

I would like to remote desktop from my windows 7 pro machine onto a windows XP SP3. It doesnt seem to work. I can Remote desktop to the Windows XP SP3 fine from another Windows XP SP3 machine.

Any suggestions?

Good article, works like a champ!

I”m a new mom and this really helped!

Instead of sticking to ‘free’ software that don’t really offer much, try out remote support services offered on web based devices. Some of them like RHUB at http://www.rhubcom.com are quite inexpensive and aren’t subscription based like the popular brands. It works well for both PC & Mac, which means you can connect all your computers & remote control them even unattended systems.

the part where you said: turn on any one of the options mentioned as per your preference : either allow connections from your network, or any machine.
well I can’t because the bottom half of it is gone the Remote Desktop part but I do have Remote Assistance part up.
Please help me because I need to gain remote access of this computer from another computer!!!

Remote desktop no longer works in Windows 7 after installing service pack
1?

Anybody else have this issue?

Does this work with connecting windows 7 and windows xp?

Understand this is only avaliable in Professional and Up

Yes it will

Well, RHUB (http://www.rhubcom.com) enables remote support capabilities regardless of platforms, firewalls, proxies and lock downs.

Hello to everyone i am using Win 7 Ultimate SP 1 and when i go to system properties -> remote all i get is the image below. I can see the remote assistance dialog box but i can’t see at all my remote desktop dialog box. Does anyone has any idea???????
Plz help…..
Thanks in advance! 

And if i dont have this option . 

I have only Remote assistance , I dont have the remote desktop .