Vista/W7 Remote Desktop Web Access Guide?

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Hello, I have been searching around for a guide that will explain to me how to setup Remote Web Access so I can access my desktop from outside of my network. There is a great guide for XP, but Vista and W7 are a bit different. I have found some random stuff from my searches in other forums, but its just annoying sorting through all the blahbage.

Thanks in advance.

Shane
 

ha I i clicked your search link and every link on the page was purple because I had already been there. I just figured some of you may know of a guide like the above XP guide i posted earlier. I can find plenty of stuff with Google/Bing, but its just aggravating sorting through all the forums. Nevertheless though that looks to be my only resort.
 
It is exactly the same as xp. Set up your port forward of 3389 to your ip (example 192.168.0.100).

Control Panel / System / Remote Settings
Choose the remote setting of your choice.

Done it a bunch.
 
I was using this guys post I found in a forum post, but take note of the step 9 in red, for that is as far is I got. I looked all over IIS for "Manage Server" could not find it. This guys instructions were pretty strait forward till I got to step 9.

Note, I am using WIndows 7 Ultimate.


1. Go to Control Panel, Programs and Features, Turn Windows features on or
off

2. Go to Internet Information Services and select the check boxes for Web
Management Tools and World Wide Web Services. [Web Management Tools
installs IIS 6.0 which is needed for the following download; there is also
some feature in World Wide Web Services that is needed, but I haven't
isolated it yet, so select everything for now]

3. Install tswebsetup.exe from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

4. Go to C: Program Data, Microsoft, Windows, Start Menu, Programs,
Administrative Tools, Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager [NOT IIS
6.0 Manager]

5. Expand your computer name, expand Web Sites and click on Default Web
Site

6. On the right side of the screen under Edit Site, click Bindings

7. Click on the web site and click Edit

8. Change the port number to your preferred port designation

9. Under Manage Server on the same screen, Start the service

10. Set-up your router and firewall to accept your designated port

AND YOU'RE DONE! [although you might first want to change your Desktop
Background from a DreamScene if you're running one]

To connect from a remote computer, go to http:// IP address:port no/tsweb
and you'll get the Windows Server screen followed by your Vista password
screen

It is exactly the same as xp. Set up your port forward of 3389 to your ip (example 192.168.0.100).

Control Panel / System / Remote Settings
Choose the remote setting of your choice.

Done it a bunch.

Do I use my Static ISP IP or my Router IP Address such as 10.0.0.2?
 
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