This article deals with the whole process of using remote desktop in Windows 7. Here are very easy steps to learn how to establish a remote desktop connection in Windows 7.
To do this you must have one of these Windows versions: Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows Vista Business, or Windows Vista Ultimate.
Steps for Establishing Remote Desktop Connection
Now, have a look at the complete steps with screenshots to learn, how can be a remote desktop connection be established in a Windows computer:
- First of all, make sure that Windows Remote Desktop Connection is allowed through the firewall or not.
- Now, open the Start Menu and right click on Computer, and select Properties.
- Click on Remote Settings, on the left side of the page.
- Now, in the next system properties screen Tick the term Allow Remote Assistance connections to this computer and then Tick Allow connections from computers running any version of remote desktop (less secure) and Click OK.
- You have to discover the IPV4 address of the target computer (which you want to access through the client computer). You can do it using the command prompt. Go to Start, type command prompt, and hit enter.
- Now, Type ipconfig in the command prompt and hit Enter. You will see the IPV4 Address in the list of Windows IP configurations. This is the address of your computer.
- Now, the time is to establish a connection between the client computer and the target computer. So, go to the client’s computer, open Start Menu, and Type Remote Desktop Connection or mstsc to directly open Remote Desktop Connection.
- In the next pop-up box i.e., Remote Desktop Connection box, type the IPV4 address of the target computer that you have found in the previous step.
- As you click on Connect, Windows will ask you to enter your Username and Password. Without entering a username and password, you can not get access to the target computer.
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That’s it! I think it is the easy way to establish a Remote Desktop Connection in Windows 7 and I hope you’ll be able to remotely access your target computer using Remote Desktop Connection.