How to Enable Remote Desktop Web Connections in Windows XP Prof.
This recipe explains how to enable/install the Remote Desktop Web Connection add-in. With a remote desktop web connection, you can access your PC from any pc that has Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher. Very handy for those of use with pocket pc’s or pda’s or who want to access their pc from a coffeeshop (ie macs).
Requirements:
Windows XP Professional
Always on / High speed internet connection
The first thing we need to do is to install the remote desktop web connection add-in (if not already installed).
Go to Start Menu > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs
Then click the Add/Remove Windows Components Tab. On the Windows Components Wizard, Click the Internet Information Services option, and then click Details.
A new window will popup, go to the World Wide Web Services option, click it and then Click Details.
On this new windows, click the Remote Desktop Web Connection. Windows will automatically select the other required components to run this. THen click OK on all of the windows and then click Next on the Windows Components Wizard.
Let it finish installing.
Make sure to open up the remote desktop web connection port (if you use a firewall) and also be sure that in Windows XP that your user is allowed Remote Connections (right click My Computer > Properties > Remote > Remote Desktop : Allow Users to connect remotely to this computer )
and has a password associated with his/her login name.
To access your pc via a browser, type in your home pc’s ip and add /tsweb
-for example: http://222.22.334.2/tsweb
You should be able to access your pc from any pc using IE5 or higher, no remote desktop client required!