Configuring RDP Remote Desktop on Windows XP

Step 1. Make sure your Windows operating system edition has RDP server functionality.

Availability of RDP server functionality in Windows

Step 2. Enable Remote Desktop.

Make sure that you signed in as an administrator. Click Windows Start button > Control Panel > Performance and Maintenance > System, in the left pane, click Remote Settings. Click the Remote tab, select the "Allow users to connect remotely to this computer" check box, and then click OK.

Step 3. Grant the user account remote access.

A user account that will be used to connect to Remote Desktop has to be allowed to do that. If the user account is a member of the Administrators group it is already allowed to connect and you can skip this step, otherwise click Select Users.

Configuring RDP Remote Desktop on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8

For configuring RDP Remote Desktop on Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 follow the following steps.

1. Make sure your windows operating system edition has RDP server functionality. ( to check it click the link Availability of RDP server functionality in windows)
2. Open Control Panel

Windows 8 Users:- press win+x, which will open a menu, select control panel in that menu.

Windows 7 and Vista users:- click start button then click control panel

3. Enable Remote Desktop

In control panel click system and security => system. In the left pane click the remote settings, the Xtralogic RDP supports Network level authentication (NLA), so you can choose the “Allow connections only from computers running Remote Desktop with Network level authentication ( more secure)” option. Alternatively if you planto access this computer with legacy RDP clients without NLA support, you can select the other less secure  allow option. (Image shown below)

4. Grant the user account remote access.

A user account that will be used to connect to Remote Desktop has to be allowed to do that. If a user

Availibility of RDP server functionality in windows

For availability of RDP server functionality in windows the following Windows edition have RDP server functionality:

• Windows XP Professional
• Windows XP Media Center Edition
• Windows Vista Business, Ultimate and Enterprise
• Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise
• Windows 8 Pro
• All Windows Server editions

The following Windows Vista and Windows 7 editions do not have RDP server functionality:

• Windows XP Home
• Windows Vista Home, Home Premium
• Windows 7 Starter, 7 Home Premium
• Windows 8