Remote Desktop
Remote Desktop is a technology that allows you to sit at a computer at one
location and connect to a remote computer in a different location. This means
that you can connect to your work computer from your home computer and have
access to all of your programs, files, and network resources as though you were
using your computer at work. Unlike other methods of accessing your data from
home, you are actually logging into and using the remote computer, just as if
you were sitting there.
When you use the remote desktop client software, everything that would be
displayed on your work computer's screen shows up in a window on your computer.
Even the sounds made by your work computer are played on your home computer! You
can also use familiar "cut and paste" operations to transfer data between the
two computers.
Requirements
Because all of the work actually occurs on the remote computer, you do not
need a powerful computer at home to use remote desktop. You do need to meet the
following prerequisites:
If you do not meet these requirements, you will not be able to use remote
desktop.