Chrome Remote Desktop For Windows

How to Enable and Setup Remote Desktop in Windows 1. Who says that you need to be at home or at work to control their respective computer systems Those hurdles became history long time ago, thanks to Remote Desktop Connection feature. Once you setup your computer to receive Remote Desktop Connection requests you can control it from almost any other system out there in the world. A lot has already been written about how one can setup this awesome feature in Windows versions launched till date, but not much has been written about how to set it up the latest windows 1. OS. So we decided to set this thing up on our system running Windows 1. How to Use Remote Desktop on Windows 8. This wikiHow will teach how to use the Remote Desktop app in Windows 8 to connect to other Windows computers. Click the Start. Remote desktop access allows one to connect to a remote computer, see an image of that computers desktop and interact with it as if it were local. Technical Preview. Given below are the steps that you need to take to control it remotely from another system Prerequisites. Before you can control your system remotely, you will have to complete 3 prerequisite tasks. These tasks are Allowing remote connection requests on the computer. Xbox Fonts there. Making connection private. Finding the IP address of computer. Lets see how you can complete each of them. V_iyZOC9-2Q/VLAJEymwkNI/AAAAAAAAAaw/m4pPJvWEh4Y/s1600/png%3Bbase646e1719b5125131fd.png' alt='Chrome Remote Desktop For Windows' title='Chrome Remote Desktop For Windows' />Allowing remote connection requests. First of all, right click the Start button and select System from the menu that pops up. Now in System dialog box, click on the Remote Settings option  in the right pane highlighted below and in next dialog box enableAllow remote connections to this computer option. If youll be connecting to this computer from a system thats running any version of Windows older than Windows 7 then do not check the checkbox given below this option highlighted below in yellow color, otherwise ,check it. This option will enable Network Level Authentication for your remote connection, which is more secure than a normal connection, but its support is unavailable in versions of Windows that were launched before Windows 7. Now click the OK button to save your settings. You can close the System window now. Making connection private. The next thing that you need to do is make your connection Private. To do so follow the steps given below There should be a small Network icon in your computers Taskbar notification area. Right click it and select the option Open Network and Sharing Center. Now youll see a new window like the one shown below. If its showing Public Connection as shown in the screenshot below then we need to make it private. If its already showing Private Connection, youre good to go. To make your connection private, click the Homegroup link highlighted by the arrow In Homegroup dialog box, click Change network location option. On next screen, click Yes button. You wont be creating or joining a Homegroup connection. We have looked at some of the various ways in which remote access of your computer can be achieved, including using TeamViewer and VNC, but if you have Chrome. IiuACzc27Qk/hqdefault.jpg' alt='Chrome Remote Desktop For Windows' title='Chrome Remote Desktop For Windows' />This whole process is only for making your remote desktop connection private. So in the window that opens after clicking yes button you can click the Close button instantly. And now your Network will be set to Private, as shown below Now your PC is set to receive remote connection requests. Finding the IP address. Finally, you need to have your computers IP address to initiate a remote connection. To find it out follow the steps outlined below A command prompt window will launch now. In this window type ipconfig  and hit enter. Hit WinR on your keyboard, type cmd in the search bar and hit Enter. This will show you the network configuration of your computer. Note down the IPv. Now lets get down to the business. Establishing Remote Desktop Connection. On your client computer from which youll be controlling your system hit the Start button and type Remote Desktop Connection in the search bar. Alternatively, hit WinR keys on your keyboard, type mstsc in the Run dialog box and hit enter. A Remote Desktop Connection dialog box will pop up now. In this box type your computers IP address the one that you noted down in pre requisites in text box and click Connect. If your Windows 1. Windows account. Enter the login information of your user account and hit the OK button. When you connect for the first time, Windows Firewall may give you a warning like the one shown below. Ignore it and click on the Yes button to establish the connection. And bam Your Windows 1. This is how you Enable and Setup Remote Desktop in Windows 1.