This morning, my friend asked me to repair her computer but the problem is her computer at different floor with my office but still in the same local area network. So, I have tried to using Remote Desktop. Remote Desktop has included with Windows XP installation so you don’t need buy anything again. And I propose to share my experience using Remote Desktop here.
Just follow these steps:
1. Open control panel window with Start - Control panel menu (picture:open control panel).

2. Double click / open System icon.

3. Check Allow Remote Assistance invitations to be sent from this computer and Allow users to connect remotely to this computer radio box value.

4. You also set the Remote Assistance with click Advanced button, and you will get Remote Assistance Setting show up and you can make the setting there.

5. By default, the user that has a permission is Administrator but you can make another user has the ability to reach your computer, if you want to give them access to your computer just clicks Select Remote users button.

6. After Remote Desktop Users window show up, if you want add member users that will has given access to you computer just clicks Add button.

7. In Select Users window click Advanced button,

and Select Users window will show up

and just click Find Now button to show all users at your Windows.

8. And click user in user list that will has given access then click OK button.

9. Setting section has over, and you just call Remote Desktop connection program, you can execute it from Start - All Programs - Accessories - Communications - Remote Desktop Connection or Start Menu - Run menu then type mstsc in Run textbox and then click OK (just choose which ways that you think is easier way).

10. After Remote Desktop Connection window appears you just type your friend’s computer name directly and click Connect button (picture-9).

11. Or you want to modify its setting it first, just click Option button and Remote Desktop Connection window will be expanded. In General tab you can set the computer that will called and you can save your configuration with click Save As button.

12. Display tab, setting the display resolution that you want.

13. Local Resources tab, you can setting which remote client resource which will to used.

14. Program tab, this tab to setting the program that will execute after the connection was made.

15. Experience tab, to set your connection speed.

16. Security tab, I’ve decided to setting it to No Authentication value.

17. Now, click Connect button.

18. If you ask the user and password just type it.

19. You can control your friend’s computer now and time to fix it.

20. If you want disconnect it just close Remote Desktop window and click OK button when you get a Disconnect message.