Prepare your Work Computer for VPN from Home Guide (Windows Version)
Information Technology Services
User Guide for connecting Microsoft computers from outside to campus network (QC-VPN)
(Supported Windows 11, 10)
What To Do At Work.
- Before you can remote into your desktop computer at work you must prepare your work computer(s).
- In the browser of your choice, go to the following link: https://bit.ly/QCPWRWIN. This will immediately send you to the Microsoft Support website on "How to adjust power and sleep settings in Windows".
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Click on Open "Power & Sleep settings"
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Pop up will appear asking if you want to "Open Settings?" Click the Open Settings Button
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The System > Power menu window should open up, select Screen, sleep, & hibernate timeouts option
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Make sure the following options are set to Never
- Make my device sleep after -> Never
- Make my device hibernate after -> Never
- In the browser of your choice, go to the following link: http://bit.ly/QCRMTWIN. This will immediately send you to the Microsoft Support Website on “How to use Remote Desktop”.
- Click on the button labelled “Enable Remote Desktop”.
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Pop up will appear asking if you want to "Open Settings?" Click the Open Settings Button
- The Settings window will appear with the Remote Desktop settings page already opened. If the “Enable Remote Desktop” toggle is set to Off, click it to set it to On.
- Windows will ask you to confirm if are sure that you would like to Enable Remote Desktop. Click the Confirm button.
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Take a note of the name of the PC. You’ll need it when you get home.
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You’re all done. Lock or Sign Out of your computer. DO NOT shut your computer down.
Prepared By ITS
Date: Mar 23, 2020
Version 1.1 - Added Power Setting instruction - RL
Version 1.2 - Update screenshots for Windows 11 - RL