Configure your Windows PC for remote access using ...

There is a lot of confusion in this thread about what this app does. To be honest, it's totally worthless. This is not a free LogMeIn or TeamViewer type of app from MSFT. This does not allow you to connect to a remote PC just by installing this, all it does is configure the PC to ALLOW remote access connections, something that can be easily done without an app.

If you are on the same local network - such as at your house or office, of course you can connect to your computers with no problem. If you are remote, on a different network than the computer you want to connect to, this app does nothing to help you do that. You will either need an app like LogMeIn that acts as an intermediary beween the two computers, or do a lot of legwork to set this up.

For example, if you are at the office, and want to connect to your computer at home, you will need to know the IP address of your router. More than likely, this is dynamic for home users, meaning it changes. So you will need a Dynamic DNS setup. You will also need to configure your router to pass the connection over port 3389 to the computer you want to connect to. If you have more than one computer, and you only have one external IP address, you will either need to configure a gateway server, or you will need to configure RDP with different ports for each computer and map them accordingly.

It's a LOT easier for the average user to just use LogMeIn or TeamViewer type apps than set all this up.