how can i log on to a computer remotely, i have user id password and MAC address, is this info enough to logon?

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Your question is quite vague, but I'll try my best to give you an accurate answer. I'm assuming you have one physical (or logical, I suppose, but you'd probably already know how to do this if that were the case) computer with which you are trying to connect to another physical computer, on the same local area network. I'm also going to assume you are using Windows XP Professional GM-SP3 (this would also apply to Vista/Windows 7/2000, however, the menu layouts are probably quite different).

I am also assuming that your router is configured in such a way that SMB (the "File/Printer Sharing Service"), for example, would work if you had the desire to use it (however, at the end, I will also include some network troubleshooting tips).

There are two ways to do it. Probably the easiest (because it's already included in nearly every default Windows XP Pro (and probably home ed) installation, RDS/RDC. Here's how you do it:

On your host machine (the one you want to connect to), you'll need to (using a qualified user account) enable incoming Remote Desktop Connections by doing the following:

1. Open the System configuration dialog by hitting the Windows Shortcut [Windows Key] + [Pause/Break] (this can also be done through menus, in the event your keyboard is to archaic to have a windows key (i'd recommend a new keyboard, unless you like your "clicky" keyboard that came with your original IBM PC/XT/AT from 1981: Start - Control Panel (ensure you are in "Classic Mode") - System.)

2. Click the Remote tab

3. In the resulting tab/dialog, check the "Allow users to connect remotely to this computer". Keep a note of the Host Machine's SMB name ("

-By default, the Group Policy for default Windows XP installations forbids remote logons using accounts with blank passwords, please ensure you have a password (on the host machine (the one you are connecting to)) set on the account you intend to log in with (unless you know how to change that policy of course, however you probably wouldn't be asking this question if you did.)

4. You may now close the system properties dialog box.

Now you will connect the client machine to the host:

1. Go to Start - Run

2. In the run dialog box, type in "mstsc.exe" (without the quotes, you may also arrive at the same place by doing: Start - All Programs - Accessories - Communications - Remote Desktop Connection (given you have RDC 6.0, if you have the one included with a regular SP2 or earlier installation, I believe it's just in the Accessories menu: Microsoft likes to move stuff around, and indeed, it rightly should go in the communications folder.))

3. In the "Computer:" text-form entry box, type in the SMB name (or IP, if you know it) of your Host computer.

3a. If the SMB name doesn't work, try the IP address, by going to the Network Connections control panel applet: Start - Control Panel - Network Connections. Double click on the network controller you are using for this connection. Click the Support tab, and write down the set of numbers after "IP Address". Type those into the computer text-form entry box.

Chances are, if your network is working correctly, it should work. If you have additional questions, or problems with the solution presented here, feel free to email me your problems at zjblabs@zjblabs.co.cc , or, alternatively ask your question on Yahoo Answers again (but there's no guarantee I'll see it), including your system(s) OS(s) and details about the network environment including routers, whether we need to do VPN for computers outside of your local network, or even crack/blast Windows NTLM/LM passwords to give you higher privileges, should you need them, or even use something like VNC (EDIT: and what do you know, it seems someone, (during the 50 minutes I spent writing this for you) has posted a link to VNC setup. Whatever your situation, I can surely find you a solution.

u have all of the necessary info, now jus make sure the computer you're tryna connect to is online.

that should work