Remote Desktop is a Metro-based Full Screen app that helps users adds a very useful functionality to the system. Remote Desktop sharing applications are very useful for developers and other people working as a distributed team that need to either collaborate their desktops or help each other in doing something which cannot be textually or verbally explained. People related to different fields may need to perform various system tasks, performed system checks, install or uninstall software, manage permissions and provide other solutions to some users from another location. External applications can be a bit heavy on the system. Keeping that in perspective, there is a metro Remote Desktop application readily available for Windows 8. In this article, we will discuss in detail how to set up a remote desktop connection in Windows 8.
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First, locate and launch the Remote Desktop app from the Start Screen of the Windows 8 Metro UI. Note that both the primary PC and the target PC need to be connected to the same network for Remote Desktop to work (which might hamper its usefulness to some extent).
The application will ask you to enter the name of the PC that you want to connect with. To find out the PC name of the target PC, open Windows Explorer, right-click on Computer, select Properties and look for Computer name. Enter the PC name in the Remote Desktop app.
Then, enter the Email Address and Password of the PC. These credentials will be used to connect to the target PC.
Once the correct Email Address and Password have been entered, a Window may pop up displaying theCant verify the identity of the remote PC notification. Click Connect to bypass the notification.
Once the connection is established, you will see the Login Name, Email Address and Account Picture of the target PC.
When accessing a computer through Remote Desktop app, right-clicking on any empty space inside the Start Screen allows you to add more Remote connections through the Add button which appears in front of the thumbnail of the current connection in the top bar. You can also perform various other functions, such as check Home, Connection, Zoom, Switch Apps, Snap etc from the options appearing at the bottom.
Remote Desktop is surely a very useful feature for remotely controlling computers from one centralized location.
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