Remote Desktop Connection Help!

hmmm ive never successfully connected to a PC from my Mac, even thought i have tried multiple times.

your best bet would be to install a VNC server on your PC (i use VNC Viewer), then in the Finder go to "Go" (the menu bar), then "Connect to Server". a new window will pop up.

you can then type "vnc://IPADDRESS OF PC" without the quotations and it will go.

 

No need for VNC, this works fine for me:

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/remote-desktop/default.mspx

Your machine name seems a bit strange, I wouldn't expect to see slashes in it. Start a command prompt on the PC and run 'hostname' and it will give you its name.

 

also, i guess you should ensure that you have enabled remote support first lol! (right click my computer->properties etcetc)

 

Good point - I forgot the most basic step

 

haha we both did! sometimes its the most basic of things that is causing the problems

 

the PC name should be sufficient, you may need the PC admin name/password to log-in depending on the settings you use but i cant remember for sure.

 

I just assumed it didn't accept qualified names since there are specific settings in the MS RDP client for username and password. Maybe it does though.

 

I have been using remote login to machine sharing up it's driver for several years now but what I have found is that since I don't have a real server up anywhere on my network I have to remote login using only IP addresses; otherwise the lookup fails every time.