Win8 Encyclopedia 69: How to open Win8 remote desktop

Author: Mayon

PC will not solve the problem of how to do? It’s too much trouble to find a friend to help or take the past. In fact, as long as you have a remote desktop, these problems are solved. Let the other person directly manipulate his computer in front of his computer to help you solve the problem. This issue of "Win8 Encyclopedia" will introduce you how to open the remote desktop.

Since remote desktop involves both reception and output, we have to introduce it separately. The first is to let others control what your computer should do.

In the “Settings>; find “Computer Information” and open, we will see the "Remote Settings" option on the left side of the interface, click on it and we will come to the System Properties window. “remote” tag.

Remote Desktop Settings Path

In the "Remote Desktop" below, select "Allow remote connection to this computer", in order to ensure security, we recommend that you put the following " Only allow computer connections running remote desktops that use network level authentication to be checked. Of course, if you want to be more secure, you can click "Select User" to specify which users can connect to your computer.

Allow Remote Connections

After the remote desktop is turned on, we also need to give our IP address to the other party before he can connect remotely. Use the key combination of “Windows key +X” to open the menu, select “command prompt”, then type ipconfig and press Enter, you will get your IP address.

Get the IP address

Next, let's see how to remotely connect to someone else's computer, provided that someone else gave us his IP address. Still use the key combination of “Windows Key+X” to open the menu, select “Run”, and then type mstsc to open “ld Remote Desktop Connection”. At this time, enter the IP address and account password given to you by the other party.

Remote connection to someone else's computer

The above is the entire content of this issue of "Win8 Encyclopedia". With remote desktop, we can sit at home and let the computer master remotely help us to fix the system failure, or you can help others solve the problem without leaving the house. This is a very user-friendly setting.