How to Access Another Computer from Your Computer

This wikiHow teaches you how to access and control a computer remotely from another computer by installing remote desktop software on both computers. Once installed on both computers, you can set up one computer to be the "host" computer—the computer you want to access and control—allowing it to be controlled by your other computer from anywhere, so long as both computers are connected to the internet and are powered on. Programs like Team Viewer and Chrome Remote Desktop can be installed on any computer and can be accessed by other computers or even iOS or Android devices, whereas Windows Remote Desktop can be set up on a Windows host computer and accessed by other Windows or Mac computers.

Go to the TeamViewer download site on the computer you want to access. Go to https://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/ in your preferred browser. TeamViewer will detect your operating system for you.

• If TeamViewer incorrectly determines your operating system, click your computer's OS in the row of options in the middle of the page.

Scroll down and click Download TeamViewer. It's a green button near the top of the page. Doing so prompts the TeamViewer setup file to begin downloading to your computer.

• Depending on your browser's settings, you may have to save the file or indicate a download location before the file will actually download.

Double-click the TeamViewer file. On Windows, this is a setup file called "TeamViewer_Setup", while Mac users will double-click the "TeamViewer.dmg" file.

Install TeamViewer. To do so:

• Windows - Check the "Installation to access this computer remotely" box, check the "Personal / Non-commercial use" box, and click Accept - Finish.
• Mac - Double-click the installer package, click OK, open the Apple menu 
  , click System Preferences, click Security and Privacy, click Open Anyway next to the "TeamViewer" message, and click Open when prompted. Follow the on-screen prompts.

View your computer's ID. On the left side of the TeamViewer window, you'll see a "Your ID" section beneath the "Allow Remote Control" heading. You'll need this ID to access the host computer.

Create a custom password. To do so:

• Hover over the current password.
• Click the circular arrow left of the password.
• Click Set personal password in the drop-down menu.
• Enter your preferred password into the "Password" and "Confirm password" fields.
• Click OK.

Download, install, and open TeamViewer on your second computer. This should be the computer that you'll use to access the host computer.

• You can also download TeamViewer on your iPhone or Android.

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