In Windows 7 (as well as previous versions of Windows since XP) has the ability to work on your computer remotely using the service running terminal connections. To gain access to the computer running the service, use the “Access to remote desktop” is present by default in all versions of Windows since XP.
When the latter is used to date version of the protocol RDP (Remote desktop protosol v.7), which was heavily redesigned multimedia data (video and audio), as well as increased productivity.
Remote Desktop Connection
Attention! Access to a computer is possible from under any version of Windows 7. But you can only allow access to the computer or the maximum professional editors.
In this article I’ll show you how to set up remote access to a computer running Windows 7, and then how to connect to your computer over the Internet or over a network. Keep in mind that at the same time on the computer can run only one member (including remote), so when a remote user, all other active users are disabled.
1. Go to Control Panel>System>Advanced System Settings
2. Go to Remote tab.
3. Under Remote Assistance, put a check mark on Allow Remote Assistance connections to this computer.
Note: This automatically adds Remote Desktop exception to Windows Firewall.
4. Click on Apply.
5. Go to Start>All Programs>Accessories>Remote Desktop Connection
NOTE: You could also press the “Windows + R” keys to open the Run dialog, type mstsc.exe, and press Enter.
6. Enter the Computer Name or IP address of the computer you wish to connect to.
7. For more connection options, click on Options
NOTE: Here you can save the connection profile, adjust display properties, run specified programs upon connection, adjust connection bandwidth, etc. For more information on specific tabs, click on Help.
A few words about bookmarks:
General. You can specify the name and address of the connection, as well as save the settings as a file. In the latter case, you do not have to run every time the program will be enough to run the saved file with all the settings.
Display set the properties screen resolution (the default full-screen), the number of colors.
In the local resources you can adjust the sound transmission through the network (the default is enabled), the use of keyboard shortcuts and the most interesting: access to local computer resources with which you are connected. In the latter case, you can allow access to a printer, disk drive and a hard disk that will be available to you when working on a remote computer (for example, if you allow access to the C drive, then after the connection is established, it will appear on the remote computer to the list of devices and you You will be able to exchange files with the remote computer).
Programs are used to adjust the automatic startup programs after connection.
In the tab “Advanced“, you can set profiles for connections and manually adjust the visual effects available to you after the connection.
In the tab “Connection” you can change your notification settings, and security.
8. Click on Connect.
9. Enter your log in credentials of a user account on the remote computer that is allowed to do a remote desktop connection.
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