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Microsoft Remote Desktop Console
The Microsoft Remote Desktop Console is a great program and feature that everyone should take advantage of if you are using a version of Windows that supports this feature. The Windows operating systems that support this are Windows XP Professional, Windows Vista Business (and above), and Windows 7 Professional (and above). If you have any of these Windows versions you can enable Remote Desktop and begin using it.
In Windows XP Professional you need to right click on "My Computer" and click properties. From that dialogue you will click advanced and then check Allow Remote Connections. You can then select the users that can use the remote connection and as well it will allow you to begin to be able to connect to the computer over an internet connection.
For Windows Vista and Windows 7 you can simply go to your control panel it will provide you options for setting it up as it fits. Once enabled you will also have to select the users that can access the computer via remote desktop but as soon as you have that you should be good to go. All you have to do once you have all of that set-up is go to the computer that you would like to connect from and start the program Remote Desktop Connection and enter the IP address of the computer or network name you would like to connect to.
This feature can be very handy if you need assistance with a certain computer issue and would like to provide a distant person access to your computer for a period of time. Or if you are at work or school and need access to a certain document or presentation that you forgot on your home computer. This can also be very handy if you would like to have two computers but don't have enough monitors you can set one up with ms remote desktop console and an internet connection and then you can just dial in to the one without a monitor and take advantage of both computers.
The remote desktop console gives you complete access to the computer and there are no limited features that you are not able to use while using the remote console. The remote console opens up in a regular program window on your computer and you can also open it up full screen. This way you can take the advantage of running it like an actual computer or run it proactively with other programs side by side if you need more computer power.
One thing that is very nice about Microsoft remote connection console is that the computer it is set up on can be accessed from any computer that has either Windows or Office for Mac Business edition. This provides extra flexibility in knowing that you should be able to connect to your computer from almost any computer seeing that all computers have Remote Desktop Connections built into the accessories menu. All you have to do is either search for it or check out your accessories folder and enter your IP address or network name, click connect and you are good to go and will be working on your remote computer in no time after logging in by using your username and password.