Implementation of Remote Control in Windows XP

1. Windows XP Remote Assistance Applications

Remote Assistance is a simple remote control method provided with Windows XP. The initiator of Remote Assistance sends a request for assistance to contacts in Messenger through MSN Messenger. After obtaining the consent of the other party, remote assistance can be performed, the computers of the assisted party in Remote Assistance will be temporarily controlled by the assisting Party (known as experts in the Remote Assistance Program, experts can perform system maintenance, install software, handle certain computer problems, or demonstrate certain operations to the collaborators.

If you have installed MSN Messenger 6.1, you also need to install Windows Messenger 4.7 for "remote assistance ".
When using remote assistance, you can click the "Operation> seek Remote Assistance" menu command in the Main Dialog Box of MSN Messenger. Then select the contact to be invited in the "Seek Remote Assistance" dialog box that appears. After the invitation is accepted, the "Remote Assistance" program dialog box is displayed, as shown in 1. Click "take over control" in the "Remote Assistance" dialog box to manipulate the computer of the invitee.

Figure 1

In the "Remote Assistance" dialog box, both the master and the master can also type messages, conversations, and send files, just as in MSN Messenger. If you want to terminate the control, you can press Esc or click terminate control to retrieve control of your computer.
2. Windows XP Remote Desktop applications

It is very easy to implement remote control with "Remote Assistance", but it must be coordinated by both the master and the control, therefore, Windows XP Professional Edition provides another remote control method-"Remote Desktop". With "Remote Desktop", you can remotely control your computer over the network away from the office, even if the host is unattended, the Remote Desktop can still run smoothly. remote users can use data, applications, and network resources on the computer in this way, it also allows your colleagues to access the desktop of your computer for collaborative work.
(1) configure the Remote Desktop host

The Remote Desktop host must be a computer with Windows XP installed. The host must be connected to the Internet and have a valid public IP address. The Internet connection mode of the host can be a common dialing method, because the Remote Desktop can implement remote control only by transmitting a small amount of data (such as display data and keyboard data.
To enable Windows XP Remote Desktop, you must log on to the system as an administrator or a member of the Administrators or Administrators Group to enable Windows XP Remote Desktop.
Right-click my computer and select the "properties" command. In the displayed dialog box, click the "remote" tab and select the "allow users to remotely connect to this computer" option box. Click "select remote user" and then click "add" in the "Remote Desktop user" dialog box. The "Select User" dialog box appears.
Click "location" to specify the search location, and click "Object Type" to specify the type of the object to be searched. Next, in the "Enter object name to select" box, type the name of the object to be searched, and click "Check name". After the user name is found, click OK to return to the Remote Desktop user dialog box. the user list in the dialog box appears.
If no user is available, you can use the "User Account" in the "control panel" to create an account. All users listed in the "Remote Desktop user" list can use the remote desktop to connect to this computer, if a member of the Management Group is not listed here, the connection permission is granted.
(2) Installation of client software
Windows XP users can connect to the Remote Desktop through the system's "Remote Desktop Connection" Program (in "Start> All Programs> attachments> communication. If the operating system is Windows 9X/2000, you can install the "Remote Desktop Connection" client software on the Windows XP installation disc.
Insert a Windows XP installation CD in the client's optical drive. On the "welcome" page displayed, click the "execute other tasks" option, on the displayed page, select the "set Remote Desktop Connection" option and install it as prompted.
(3) Access Remote Desktop

Run the Remote Desktop Connection Program on the client. The "Remote Desktop Connection" dialog box is displayed. Click the "options" button to show all the options in the dialog box, as shown in 2, on the "General" tab, enter the IP address, domain name, user name, and password of the remote host, and click "Connect". After the connection is successful, the "Remote Desktop" window opens, you can see the desktop settings, files, and programs on the remote computer, and the computer will remain locked. No one can use it without a password, you cannot see the operations you perform on it.

Figure 2

If you cancel or end a remote desktop, you can click the start button in the Remote Desktop Connection window and log out as usual.
(4) Remote Desktop Web connection

Remote Desktop also provides a Web connection function, short for "Remote Desktop Web connection", so that the client can also use the "Remote Desktop" function without the need to install dedicated client software, which has lower requirements on the client, it is also more flexible to use, and almost any computer that can run IE browser can use the "Remote Desktop" function.
First, let's take a look at the configuration of the server.
Since "Remote Desktop Web connection" is an optional WWW Service component in Internet Information Service (IIS), it is necessary for Windows XP hosts to provide the "Remote Desktop Web connection" function, this component must be installed first. Run the "add or delete programs" item in "Control Panel", and then click the "Add/delete Windows Components" option in the "add or delete programs" dialog box, in the "Windows component wizard" dialog box, select the "Internet Information Service" option, click the "details" button, and select the "World Wide Web Service> Remote Desktop Web connection" option in turn, after confirming, return to the "Windows component wizard" dialog box and click "Next" to start installation.
Next, run the "Internet Information Service" program in "Administrative Tools", expand the folder hierarchy, find the "tsweb" folder, right-click the folder, and select the "properties" command.
In the displayed "properties" dialog box, click the "Directory Security" tab and click the "edit" button in the "Anonymous Access and authentication control" column, in the displayed "authentication method" dialog box, select the "Anonymous Access" option. In this way, we can use IE to access the Remote Desktop.

Run IE browser on the client and press "http: // server address (Domain Name)/tsweb" in the address bar to enter the server address, for example, 218.76.219.5 as the server address, enter "http: // 218.76.219.5/tsweb/" in the address bar. After you press enter, the "Remote Desktop Web connection" page appears in the IE window, as shown in 3, in the "server" column of the webpage, type the name of the remote computer to be connected and click "Connect" to connect to the Remote Desktop.

Figure 3

In addition to remote desktop and Remote Assistance, Windows XP also provides the program sharing function. In a sense, it is also a remote control of the program, and NetMeeting also has the program sharing function.
The above remote control methods must be in Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, and the functions are relatively simple. Other third-party remote control software is required for remote control in other operating systems or for more powerful functions.