There are tons of remote access products out there. Many of them charge for remote access, but Microsoft has kindly (and sorta secretly) allowed remote access for free.

On the host machine (the one you want to connect to remotely), go to Control Panel, System, Remote. Check Allow users to connect remotely to this computer. Any account that you want to have access the machine remotely should have a secure password.

Then you need to install Internet Information Services (IIS) from Add/Remove, Windows Components. Specifically you need to install the Remote Desktop Web Connection. This will make your computer accessible via the web. The URL to use would be:

http:///tsweb

This is assuming you have proper port forwarding setup for RDC.

On the guest machine you will be presented with a login screen. When asked for the server name, use the IP address or host name of the server.

Check Send Login information
Enter the user name. This must be a valid user account, which is usually what displays when you hit the start button.

It will also ask for a “Domain name”. Leave that blank and click continue

You’ll get a new screen, and a login prompt. Enter your password for your desktop and you’re all set to go.