Sam__ said:
how would you do this over the internet??? with a router..
woul dyou need to forward ports and all that kinda stuff?
yes, you do.
i use windows remote desktop only b/c i've NEVER tried anything else... now that logmein was mentioned, i may have to try that.
you have to ENABLE REMOTE ACCESS on windows, then you have to forward the ports on your router.
i have this set up on multiple PCs at my house... i just change the port on each machine and then from my router i forward them to the specific static IP on each machine.
for example.
port 3389 goes to 192.168.0.13
port 3391 goes to 192.168.0.14
port 3390 is my temp port to any machine i wanna add, which i set to static 192.168.0.20
and so on... but 3389 is the default IP, so if you want to add another machine, you'll have to change the REMOTE DESKTOP port in REGEDIT. google for it and there are instructions to do so (only if you plan to use another PC... your first one can just be the default 3389).
you set your PC to a static IP that is within your DHCP on your router, and wallah... you'll never have any problems. i keep my windows firewall off, so i don't have to do any other things... just make sure that there aren't any other 3rd party (software) firewalls on your machine.
oh, and also... you HAVE to set a password on the username you log into windows as. if you don't, you'll never be able to log in remotely.
here's how i login with remote desktop to one of my other machines at home.
MyIpAddress:3391
if you are using port 3389, you don't have to put the port in... if you use a different port, you'll have to put in your ip address, then a colon, then the port number (all without spaces).