{"id":4284,"date":"2022-02-16T10:33:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T17:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/?p=4284"},"modified":"2022-10-05T11:57:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T17:57:24","slug":"using-windows-remote-desktop-to-remote-into-another-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/using-windows-remote-desktop-to-remote-into-another-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Windows Remote Desktop to Remote into Another PC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>**If you are off campus you must use the CSU VPN to connect to the CSU network and then you can follow the steps below<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Search your computer for: Remote Desktop and click on it<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will open a window like this: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4285\" width=\"368\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image.png 620w, https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-300x191.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Enter the full name of the pc you want to connect to &lt;eg&gt; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"405\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-2.png 405w, https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-2-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You will fill in the xxxxx with the name of the pc. &lt;eg&gt; somepcatcsu.natsci.colostate.edu. The name will be a series of alpha numerics on the white label on the top of all the pcs. It is Important to get the name of all your pcs you want to remote to ahead of time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click Connect<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A log in box will pop up. For the username you will type: username &lt;eg&gt;: labadmin and password (given to you by your IT contact) and click OK. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"445\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-5.png 445w, https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-5-300x245.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A yellow and gray box may pop up talking about certificates, click yes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"392\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-6.png 392w, https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-6-293x300.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A box will pop up with the desktop of the pc you wanted to remote into. You are now logged into the pc of your choice<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can now access data or run software on the remote pc just as if you were sitting at the pc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To close the session (important) click the X arrow at the top to close out the session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"608\" height=\"58\" src=\"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-3.png 608w, https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-3-300x29.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>**If you are not able to log in and get errors, contact CNS IT by opening a ticket here: <a href=\"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/help\/\">https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/help\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>**If you are off campus you must use the CSU VPN to connect to the CSU network and then you can follow the steps below. Search your computer for: Remote Desktop and click on it It will open a window like this: Enter the full name of the pc you want to connect to &lt;eg&gt; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,20,6,1],"tags":[81,80,82],"class_list":["post-4284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-cnsit","category-general-computing","category-knowledge-base","category-uncategorized","tag-rdp","tag-remote-desktop","tag-windows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4284"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4703,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4284\/revisions\/4703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}