To install Remote Desktop Web Connection
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Open Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel.
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Click Add/Remove Windows Components.
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Select Internet Information Services, and then click Details.
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In the Subcomponents of Internet Information Services list, select World Wide Web Service, and then click Details.
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In the Subcomponents for World Wide Web Service list, click the Remote Desktop Web Connection check box, and then click OK.
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In the Windows Components Wizard, click Next.
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Open Internet Services Manager.
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Expand the folder hierarchy until you reach the local computer name\Web Sites\Default Web Site\tsweb folder.
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Right-click the tsweb folder and then click Properties.
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Click the Directory Security tab on the Properties dialog box.
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In Anonymous access and authentication control, click Edit.
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Check the Anonymous access check box on the Authentication Methods dialog box, and then click OK twice.
To connect to another computer using Remote Desktop Web Connection
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Ensure that Remote Desktop Web Connection is installed and running on the Web server.
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Ensure that your client computer has an active network connection and that the WINS server service (or other name resolution method) is functioning.
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On your client computer, start Microsoft Internet Explorer.
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In the Address box, type the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the home directory of the Web server hosting Remote Desktop Web Connection.
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The URL is "http://" followed by the Windows Networking name of your server, followed by the path of the directory containing the Remote Desktop Web Connection files (default = /Tsweb/). (Note the forward slash marks.) For example, if your Web server is registered with the WINS server as "Admin1", in the Address box you type: http://admin1/tsweb/, and then press ENTER. The Remote Desktop Web Connection page appears on the screen.
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In Server, type the name of the remote computer to which you want to connect.
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Optionally, specify the screen size and logon information for your connection.
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Click Connect.
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After you supply your username and password the Windows XP desktop appears and you can begin to work.


