Remotely connect to a Windows PC

Configure Your Office Windows PC

On device being remoted into:

  1. Make sure your device is turned on
  2. Set PC Sleep to “Never”
    1. Go to Settings
Screen capture of Windows Settings screen
    1. Click “System”
Screen capture of Windows Settings screen with "System" circled
    1. Click “Power & Sleep”
Screen capture of System Display screen with Power and Sleep circled
    1. On the drop-down menu under “Sleep”, set the option to “Never”
Screen capture of Power & Sleep screen with Never circled as the drop-down menu option
  1. Enable Remote Access
    1. Open run by pressing Windows + R keys together, or searching “run”
Screen capture of the Run dialog box where you can type the name of a program, folder, document, or Internet resource, and Windows will open it for you
    1. Type the command “sysdm.cpl” in the Run dialog box and press “OK”.
Screen capture of the Run dialog box with sysdm.cpl typed in the field
    1. The following window will appear. ***Take note of your “Full Computer Name” as you will need it later on the computer you are remoting from. ***
Screen capture of the System Properties dialog box with the full computer name circled
    1. Click the “Remote” tab
Screen capture of the System Properties dialog box with the Remote tab circled
    1. Select “Allow remote connections to this computer”
    2. Uncheck “Allow connections only from computers running Remote Desktop with Network Level Authentication”
Screen capture of the System Properties dialog box with the Remote tab selected
    1. Click “Select Users…”
    2. Click “Add…”
    3. Type your GatorLink username eg. JohnDoe001
    4. Click “OK”
    5. Click “OK” again
    6. Click “Apply”
    7. Click “OK” a final time

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