How to Enable Remote Desktop

With Remote Desktop on Windows XP Professional, you can have access to a Windows session that is running on your computer when you are at another computer. This means, for example, that you can connect to your work computer from home and have access to all of your applications, files, and network resources as though you were in front of your computer at work. You can leave programs running at work and when you get home, you can see your desktop at work displayed on your home computer, with the same programs running.When you connect to your computer at work, Remote Desktop automatically locks that computer so no one else can access your applications and files while you are gone. When you come back to your computer at work, you can unlock it by typing CTRL+ALT+DEL.Remote Desktop also allows more than one user to have active sessions on a single computer. This means that multiple users can leave their applications running and preserve the state of their Windows session even while others are logged on.Follow these steps to enbale remote desktop:

1. Click Control Panel - System.
2. Click Remote tab.
3. Select the Allow users to connect remotely to your computer check box.
4. Click OK.

Notes:
You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group to enable the Remote Desktop feature. To allow other users to connect to your computer:

1. Open System in Control Panel.
2. Click the Remote tab.
3. In the Remote Desktop area, click Select Remote Users….
4. On the Remote Desktop Users dialog box, click Add….
5. On the Select Users dialog box, click Locations… to specify the search location.
6. Click Object Types… to specify the types of objects you want to search for.
7. In the Enter the object names to select (examples): box, type the names of the objects you want to search for.
8. Click Check Names.
9. When the name is located, click OK. The name now appears in the list of users on the Remote Desktop Users dialog box.