CORD application to control a Windows PC remotely
Cord, an application that makes use of remote connection to Windows from Mac OS X.
In Applesfera we have already seen how to control a Windows PC from Mac OS X thanks to Remote Desktop Connection for Mac, Microsoft application that is currently on his second version.
CORD works with both Windows XP and Vista and has a number of advantages over the implementation of Microsoft:
* The first is that it is built from scratch for Mac OS X thus integration with the system is really good. With a very smooth and without problems only.
* The second advantage is that it allows for different sessions. That is, we can make different connections to different computers without having to disconnect from the others. These connections appear in the drop-down box on the right can switch between one or the other as if it were tabbed browser.
How to configure remote access on Windows
We CORD but we need to configure your Windows computers to which we wish to access remotely. So let’s see how to configure everything.
The first thing we must do is set the user in Windows. To do this we are going to Control Panel -> User Accounts where we set a password for the user you are going to use. Then from the Control Panel and select System Remote tab.
Check the box that says “Allow users to connect remotely to this computer” and accept. We can add different users clicking on the button “select remote users.”
When this goes only enable us to port necessary. Simply go to the Windows Firewall or whatever uséis and habilitéis TCP port 3389.
We have to take into account some aspects depending on the configuration of the network. If your computer is connected directly to the Internet or within the same network lan only need the IP address, whether on the contrary is behind a router ought rediriguir connections to port 3389 of the Internal IP.
Ready, now you can manage remotely that computer with Windows.
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