Article | How to connect your home computer from Remote location?

Using the Remote Desktop feature, you can connect your home

computer (host) from any other remote computer (client) and can access

all computer resources (installed programs, data and any network

resources). You can run any computer application on the remote computer

as you were running actually sitting in front of home computer. 

Follow the given steps to configure your computer to connect remote

computer: 

To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with

administrative rights.

To perform this task, first make sure your both computers are connected

to the internet. 

First you have to configure the host computer that allows the users to

connect it remotely. On the host computer, right click on "My computer"

and click on Properties option.

Under the Remote tab, select the option "Allow users to connect

remotely to this computer" and click Ok button.

Now get the IP address of host computer (type the "ipconfig /all" on the

command prompt of host computer to find IP address). 

Now make a connection on remote or client computer, click on Start

button, go to All Programs> Accessories, and Communications, then click

on Remote Desktop Connection, option. A Remote Desktop Connection,

dialog box will appear.

Click on Options

button for detail configuration, under the General tab, type the IP

address of host computer in the Computer box and also type username and

password of host computer then click on Connect button to make a

connection to remote computer.

If your username and password is correct then a remote desktop

windows will appear.

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