Remote desktop window xp to windows 7

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The remote desktop password is the same password you'd use if you were actually holding the laptop. If the password works when you're using the laptop directly, but not when you're remote -- then the password is not your problem there's another problem such as remote desktop not enabled, ports not forwarded, firewall blocking, etc.

Hi TinyAshes, thank you for your reply. It is WAN and it is connected by my broadband company. Once again thank you,. Hi Shawn, thank you for your reply. You can now enter the Computer Administrator user name and password.

If you get an error saying that computer cannot accept new connections, etc. Remember you need to give the administrator account a password, open the port in the firewall, and check the allow remote connections check box in the System properties. All three items need to be performed on computer you want to connect TO. Once you are able to connect from within the same network, now you can try to connect from outside.

First, you have to get your public IP Address not the This is the address that can be used from anywhere in the world to connect to your specific location and is unique.

Unfortunately, on most home connections, this public IP address changes often and without notice. Basically to solve that problem, you have to use dynamic DNS. You can figure out the IP address of your router by going to any computer on your network that you want to connect into and opening the command prompt like we did above and typing ipconfig again.

From the above screenshot, you can see mine is Usually, you can find this in the documentation or on the under side of the router itself. Be default, remote desktop uses port , so type that into both the internal and export port boxes. Just put for any port boxes. You should now be able to use your public IP address type this into the Computer text box in the Remote Desktop Connection dialog to connect through your router to your computer!

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On my windows 7 I can use Remote Desktop to any computer. Share Flag. All Answers. Collapse -. Whats the error message? Admins should be enabled by default 0 Votes. This is from The MS Site. Windows 7 Ultimate. XP doesn't know that Windows 7 exists.