If you’re using Windows Home edition, you’ll see a message that says your edition is not supported.

The two options below (“Keep my PC awake for connection” and “Make my PC discoverable on private networks”) are automatically selected so the PC stays ready for Remote Desktop connections. Click Show settings next to either of these options if you’d like to adjust these settings. Depending on how your network is set up, you may have to make changes to your firewall or router to allow incoming connections.

If people will be connecting to this computer from the outside world: Remove the check mark from “Require computers to use Network Level Authentication to connect (recommended),” and then click the back button when you’re finished. If this PC is on a local network and users from that network will need to connect with their network accounts: Make sure there’s a check mark in the box next to “Require computers to use Network Level Authentication to connect (recommended),” and then click the back button. [3] X Research source

You must be logged in with an Administrator account to enable Remote Desktop.

Make sure the “Don’t allow connections to this computer” radio button is not checked.

After enabling Remote Management on your Mac, you may have to adjust your firewall settings to allow incoming connections.

To allow anyone with an account to log in, select “All users. ” To only allow specific user accounts to log in remotely, select “Only these users,” and then add each user to the list. [6] X Research source

If users will connect with VNC, check the box next to “VNC viewers may control screen with password,” and then enter a password. Make sure anyone who uses VNC to connect remotely has that password.

Go back to System Preferences and click Security & Privacy. [7] X Research source Click the Firewall tab. Click Firewall Options or Advanced. If “Remote Management” doesn’t appear in the box with the phrase “Allow incoming connections,” click the + to add it, and then select Allow incoming connections. [8] X Research source