Remote Desktop Connection from Windows 7 Windows 8 to Windows Server 2008 have figures

Remote Desktop Connection is a built-in tool in windows. In General, one company have at least 2 computers to be deployed for daily work. But sometimes those computers are not in the same room but if them communicate via the same network and users do not want to use other computer directly because some reason so they can use remote desktop connection to use another computer via connection of the network.

Note: In this article, I use windows  8 and windows server 2008 in VMware to show.

1. Configure both computers to be in the same network
Set IP for Windows 8:
Go to Network connection and Right-Click on Network Adapter > select Properties

select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP / IPv4) > Click Properties

set IP(192.168.11.3) by your self or set as shown below > Click OK

Set IP for Windows Server 2008:

Right Click on Network > Properties

After Windows pop-up Click on Manage Network Connections

After Windows pop-up Right Click on Local Area Connection > select Properties

Click on Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)

Click Properties

set IP (192.168.11.2) by your self or set as shown below > Click OK

2. make sure both computers are allowed to remoted desktop

I show only how to enable remote desktop on windows 8 only. For windows server 2008 you can check by your self. I think it is similar.

Right Click my computer > select Properties

Click on Remote Settings

make sure that Allow remote connections to this computer is selected. If it is not yet selected, selected it and click OK. 

3. In windows 8 > open remote desktop connection 

press windows Key > type remote desktop.... > Click Remote Desktop Connection

After windows pop-up > type Server computer name or type IP of Server ("192.168.11.2")

or

Note: The user is changed when I use Server name or IP. The user is corresponded by server name or IP.

make sure that user is allowed to use the remote computer.

In this instruction, I use Computer Name, server name because Administrator user is allowed to use the server.

Click Connect

 or 

type password(password of Administrator user) > Click OK

Click Yes if it show message like this

Now You all done. 

Note: If you have any question, please leave as comment.