Server/Remote Desktop question

[AndyP79]

Hi All,

 Not sure if this is the right sub-forum to ask, but.....

What I am wanting to do is set up my Desktop and laptops like you would see in a university. As in, be able to log in to any workstation, and just have my desktop there. I want to have one desktop at the house, and when I log into my laptop at school on a WiFi connection, have all my files available. I know I can do this with OneDrive, but, I am want to keep things on my own PC, rather than someone else's. As well as have all my programs and settings there, so I have the same start menu, same wallpapers if I change them. Is this Remote Desktop, or part of that? It gets confusing having 3 different set ups, that I try to keep as close as possible. Where as at the school, no matter which school ran desktop I log into on campus, all my stuff is the same, all my settings are there, and programs and files. 

Am I getting too deep in it? 

Cheers

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4 minutes ago, AndyP79 said:

Hi All,

 Not sure if this is the right sub-forum to ask, but.....

What I am wanting to do is set up my Desktop and laptops like you would see in a university. As in, be able to log in to any workstation, and just have my desktop there. I want to have one desktop at the house, and when I log into my laptop at school on a WiFi connection, have all my files available. I know I can do this with OneDrive, but, I am want to keep things on my own PC, rather than someone else's. As well as have all my programs and settings there, so I have the same start menu, same wallpapers if I change them. Is this Remote Desktop, or part of that? It gets confusing having 3 different set ups, that I try to keep as close as possible. Where as at the school, no matter which school ran desktop I log into on campus, all my stuff is the same, all my settings are there, and programs and files. 

Am I getting too deep in it? 

Cheers

Campus probably has windows domain thingy, which you cannot setup for a pc if you don't own the servers. Remote desktop if probably what you want, but your campus needs a good network connection.

You would need to open up a port on your router and enable remote desktop.

[AndyP79]

1 minute ago, timl132 said:

Campus probably has windows domain thingy, which you cannot setup for a pc if you don't own the servers. Remote desktop if probably what you want, but your campus needs a good network connection.

You would need to open up a port on your router and enable remote desktop.

We have a pretty decent connection, I have no problem connecting to anything I need, mostly files at OneDrive, some YouTube between classes,Nothing I have ever needed was blocked or laggy, so I think I am good there. 

Okay, so I guess I am in the right direction looking at remote desktop. Thanks, I'll keep reading up on it and see what I can do with it. Much appreciated. 

[AndyP79]

Okay, so Remote Desktop is pretty neat. It does basically what I want, but I think I am thinking of a network fix. I'm guessing that means I need to build a server and domain? The problem I have with RD is that when I use it, it is just a window that I am logging into on the internet. I am looking for something that would allow me to log into the laptop and already be connected, or if there is no internet connection somewhere, when I get home be able to open siad laptop and it "update" whatever I worked on. 

I suppose for the moment, RD works well, but it is not the total answer, a good one, but not the best.