Configure Additional Settings

You probably noticed that the Remote Desktop Connection dialog box offers lots of tabs with all kinds of additional settings to configure. Although you might not ever need to change any of them, it’s good to know they’re there, just in case. This section will cover all the tabs in the Remote Desktop Connection dialog box, starting with the General tab. Understand that you need to make changes when you are not connected to the remote PC.

General

On the General tab you can enter the name of the remote computer or browse for the computer to which you want to connect. Browsing is a good idea if you can’t remember what the name of the computer is that you want to connect to, provided you’re connected to your local network ...

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