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Remote desktop connections

Remote desktop connections

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Remote desktop connections

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- Connecting to a command light interface on another system is cool, but you know what's even cooler? Being able to connect to a remote PC's full desktop. Most modern operating systems use a graphical interface, and let's face it, it's a lot more comfortable work with something that looks familiar. Both Windows 10 and Windows 11 support something called Remote Desktop Protocol or RDP. It uses TCP/UDP, port 3389, unless you connect to your PC from pretty much anywhere as long as you've got another computer with the right settings in place. With RDP, you can use your apps, open files, and do just about anything you'd normally do, just like you're sitting in front of your home or office machine. This one catch though, your remote PC needs to be running Windows 10, Pro or Enterprise, Windows 11 Pro, or Windows Server. The Standard Home Edition don't support being the target of an RDP connection. Let's walk through an example of how this all comes together. Let's say I need to connect to…

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