RDP via Internet Explorer

[elf21]

Can Internet Explorer be used to remote access a computer?

 

[wolluf]

In what way? What exactly are you trying to do?

 

[elf21]

Can I type in the IP address in the address bar to log on to that computer? Well, I tried it, but it didn't work. Why not? How is it different than running mstsc from the command prompt and then typing the ip address?

 

[smah]

IE is a web browser. It is set to open and interpret/display web pages from web servers listening on port 80. By the normal scheme of things, it does access a remote computer (web server) on port 80 by using the hypertext transfer protocol.

The Remote Desktop client is set to open and access remote systems listening on port 3389 using an entirely different set of instructions. The code that displays a web page in IE would probably look quite strange to RD and conversly the information sent by a Remote Desktop host would probably look quite strange to IE.

 

[karlisi]

To be short - no.

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Karlis
ECDL; MCSA

 

[bnorris05]

Check out this link.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/tools/rdwebconn.mspx

You will still need port 3389 open to the public.