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Connect to my Home PC via Remote Desktop
Hi,
At home I have a broad band connection with a static IP. My home and office PC's run Windows 7. How can I connect to my home PC via Remote Desktop?
Thanks & regards,
D. Jawahar
At home I have a broad band connection with a static IP. My home and office PC's run Windows 7. How can I connect to my home PC via Remote Desktop?
Thanks & regards,
D. Jawahar
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Install Team Viewer on both your machines.
Note the Partner ID or Ask someone to tell you the Partner ID and Password.
Connect to you Home PC.
You can download it from www.teamviewer.com - it is one of the simplest ways.
This software is free for non-commercial use.
Note the Partner ID or Ask someone to tell you the Partner ID and Password.
Connect to you Home PC.
You can download it from www.teamviewer.com - it is one of the simplest ways.
This software is free for non-commercial use.
"You can do what Malmensa said as well and it will work but if you find it too challenging then LogMeIn is the way to go. You'll basically have to set up port forwarding to your computer on that port, 3389, which I believe will only allow you to access one of the computers."
No, that's incorrect. Logmein doesn't require any port forwarding at all. You just install it, and you're all set.
No, that's incorrect. Logmein doesn't require any port forwarding at all. You just install it, and you're all set.
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I know you requested a way of running RDP, but since you are running Windows 7 have you considered utilizing Microsoft's Live Mesh? I really like logmein and teamviewer, however, on 7 machines mesh does a really nice job and doesn't require 3rd party software access.
I concur with epichero22. I use logmein and it works very well, even when you need to make system changes on the remote computer.
"You can do what Malmensa said as well and it will work but if you find it too challenging then LogMeIn is the way to go. You'll basically have to set up port forwarding to your computer on that port, 3389, which I believe will only allow you to access one of the computers."
No, that's incorrect. Logmein doesn't require any port forwarding at all. You just install it, and you're all set.
Sorry, I meant to say that with Logmein you don't need anymore setup, while with remote desktop, you need to utilize port forwarding.
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Thanks everyone.
I had trouble connecting on 3389 as it was already forwarded to another PC. so I changed the listening port on my office PC to another port via regedit. after that I was able to connect via remote desktop.
Thanks again.
D. Jawahar
I had trouble connecting on 3389 as it was already forwarded to another PC. so I changed the listening port on my office PC to another port via regedit. after that I was able to connect via remote desktop.
Thanks again.
D. Jawahar
So exactly what I suggested that you do :)
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Glad to have been of help
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www.logmein.com
You can set up a free account and just install software and you're ready to go.
You can do what Malmensa said as well and it will work but if you find it too challenging then LogMeIn is the way to go. You'll basically have to set up port forwarding to your computer on that port, 3389, which I believe will only allow you to access one of the computers.