Accessing a computer's desktop from another computer can be very handy. The steps below enable this built-in feature of windows from the machine you wish to access. You'll need to request administrative rights (ABR) on the machine to alter this setting.

See 'Remote Access to your Office Computer' for the full procedure.

1. Click on the 'Show hidden icons' button.

2. In the 'Show hidden icons' pane, right-click on the 'Admin By Request' icon also known as ABR.

NOTE: If you have any issues, please submit a Jira request form.

3. Hover over 'Tools' menu and click 'Remote Desktop settings'. System Properties window should pop up.

4. In System Properties, please make sure 'Allow Remote Assistance Connections to this computer' & 'Allow remote connections to this computer' are checked ().

5. Next, click on 'Select users'. Make sure your username 'AD\USER_NAME' is listed

→

6. If your username is not listed, please click on 'Add...' and enter AD\USERNAME like the example shown on the screenshot. Please replace \USERNAME with your Lehigh username.

→

7. Make sure you click 'Apply' & reboot.

LTS Knowledge Base

Enable and Configure Remote Desktop Access in Windows 11

→

→

Related content