{"id":10313,"date":"2024-04-28T08:43:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T08:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostvento.com\/kb\/web-hosting\/getting-started-guide\/shared-hosting-quick-start-guide\/how-to-connect-to-a-windows-server-rdp\/"},"modified":"2024-06-17T05:26:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T05:26:42","slug":"how-to-connect-to-a-windows-server-rdp","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/docs\/hosting-faqs\/how-to-connect-to-a-windows-server-rdp\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Connect to a Windows Server (RDP)?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Windows servers offer a graphical user interface (GUI), and you may use Remote Desktop Connection (RDP) to connect to them remotely and complete tasks fast on your computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Click on the&nbsp;<strong>Windows<\/strong>&nbsp;button on your keyboard or&nbsp;<strong>Windows<\/strong>&nbsp;icon on your desktop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Type&nbsp;<strong>\u201cRemote Desktop Connection\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;in the search bar and press&nbsp;<strong>Enter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/remote-desktop-connection-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11638\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>3. The&nbsp;<strong>Remote Desktop Connection<\/strong>&nbsp;window will get displayed.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/computer-new-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11601\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>4. Enter the&nbsp;<strong>IP address&nbsp;<\/strong>in the&nbsp;<strong>Computer<\/strong>&nbsp;field. Next click on&nbsp;<strong>Options<\/strong>&nbsp;to view other fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. Enter username in the&nbsp;<strong>Username<\/strong>&nbsp;field and click on the&nbsp;<strong>Connect<\/strong>&nbsp;button.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/connect-new-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11602\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>6. An inquiry for the password will appear. After entering the password, press the &#8220;OK&#8221; button. Verify that the password you provide is alphanumeric, meaning it must contain both letters and numbers in addition to special characters.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/password-new-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11603\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>7. Then a confirmation window will appear. Here click on the&nbsp;<strong>Yes<\/strong>&nbsp;button.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/verification-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11581\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>8. Once you get connected to the server, the below window will get displayed:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/logged-in-new-min-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11650\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>You can connect to a Windows server in this manner (RDP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What if the server is not responding?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Test connection with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/hosting-faqs\/ping-tell-server-online\/\"><strong>PING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows servers offer a graphical user interface (GUI), and you may use Remote Desktop Connection (RDP) to connect to them remotely and complete tasks fast on your computer. 1. Click on the&nbsp;Windows&nbsp;button on your keyboard or&nbsp;Windows&nbsp;icon on your desktop. 2. Type&nbsp;\u201cRemote Desktop Connection\u201d&nbsp;in the search bar and press&nbsp;Enter. 3. The&nbsp;Remote Desktop Connection&nbsp;window will get displayed. 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